Samsung officially releases US $1500 850 EVO SSD 4TB
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Highest capacity consumer SSD

Samsung has officially released the 4TB version of its popular 850 EVO SSD, which will cost US $1,499 and is actually the highest capacity consumer SSD around.

Samsung releases UFS memory card line
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256GB and speeds up to 530MB/s

Samsung has announced the introduction of the first Universal Flash Storage (UFS) memory card line-up, which it claims has capacities of up to 256GB and speeds up to 530MB/s.

Micron slashes jobs as turn-around fails
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DRAM prices continue to fall

Micron is going to tell its staff "thanks for the memory" and tell them to clear off, after an initial wave of restructuring failed to do the job.

Power shortage might cause Flash shortage
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Trouble at Samsung plant might be sparking hoarding 


A power shortage at a key Samsung plant might cause a shortage of flash chips.

Memory market picking up
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Apparently due to smartphone demand

The memory-IC market conditions is picking up in the second half of 2016 because manufacturers want them in their smartphone devices.