Samsung begins mass production of 256GB UFS chips

Samsung starts mass production of the world’s first internal drives based UFS 2.0 capacity of 256 GB, which will be used in advanced mobile devices. The performance of the new technology is vastly superior SSD is used on a PC based on SATA. Memory Samsung UFC 2.0 meets all the requirements of high-end smartphones of the high data transfer rates, impressive capacity and compact size of the chip. With regard to input-output data, a new generation of UFC 2.0 “pulls” the unprecedented speed of 45 000 or 40 000 IOPS.

UFC 2.0 Storage capacity of 256 GB will allow users to perform many complex tasks. For example, it will be possible viewing 4K video in split-screen mode, download files from the Internet and flipping photo album at the same time. Capacities of 256 GB is enough for storing huge amount of data (eg, 47 hour and a half Full HD-film), which greatly extends the functionality of a smartphone.

In addition, together with the recently launched USB 3.0 standard, the owners of devices with UFC 2.0 will be able to transmit information from one mobile device to another much faster than ever before. The file size of 5GB you can “throw” in just 12 seconds.

In February last year, Samsung announced UFC storage capacity of 128 GB. During the year the company was able to double the capacity and speed of data transmission that will have a positive impact on the development of the mobile market. Samsung Electronics plans to continue working in this direction.

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