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Samsung develops 2GB Memory Card for Mobile Phones

Thu, 20 Apr 2006

Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed a 2 GB Multimedia Card (MMCmicro card) for use in mobile phones .

The firm claimed that the device is the smallest, fastest and highest capacity memory card currently available for mobile phones .

The 12mm x 14mm x 1.1mm MMC Micro can transmit data 3.5 times faster than other cards, according to Samsung, and can store 12 hours of mobile video .

It is fast enough to download three hours of mobile video in less than two minutes, and an adapter allows the card to be plugged into any multimedia card slot.

The card can read at 10MB per second and write at 7MB per second.

The Samsung 2GB MMC can operate at either 1.8 volts (V) or 3.3V, making it an even more viable solution for mobile phones. The new MMC, in a format standardised by the Multimedia Card Association (MMCA) and being standardised by JEDEC, can be obtained by manufacturers without royalties or licensing fees.

The 1 GB MMCmicro will be commercially available later this year. According to Dataquest, a semiconductor market research firm, as the global memory card market will grow five percent between 2005 and 2010, the multimedia card market will grow 17% and the MMCmicro market by 95 percent during the same period.

Both the 2GB and 1GB cards are expected to become available later this year, Samsung said.

The company has no word yet on pricing.
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