Link-A-Media (a flash memory controller company) is being acquired by Korean flash manufacturer, Hynix.

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The company will accomplish this with advanced flash management algorithms using RAID 5 technology and a proprietary flash memory controller while providing acceptable flash endurance.

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This new generation of MLC flash memory SSDs include improvements in the flash cells themselves combined with NAND flash memory management in the controller to achieve much better flash cell endurance.

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You're looking at Kingston's DataTraveler Workspace, a storage device that incorporates bona fide SSD technology not usually found in thumbdrives -- like a bunch of ultra speedy flash memory and a SandForce controller that supports TRIM and S.M.

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Unless you've got just the right controller and flash memory, most performance-minded PC users will rarely give you a second glance.

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Consumer-grade MLC flash memory are used in the Skyhawk by creating controller technology that can increase the effective endurance life-time of the flash memory cells.

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The new 32GB memory card incorporates 32Gb 3-bit NAND flash memory chips and a proprietary 3-bit NAND controller to deliver the high performance.

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