Kioxia releases industry's first UFS Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices
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For automotive applications

Kioxial Corporation has announced sampling of the industry's first Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices designed for automotive applications. The new standard will bring higher performance which is needed for a variety of next-generation automotive applications.

KIOXIA to unveils next-gen memory and SSD solutions at CES 2024
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BiCS FLASH 3D, UFS 4.0, and SSD lineup

KIOXIA is coming to CES 2024 in full force, highlighting its extensive portfolio of solid state drives and memory solutions.

KIOXIA starts sampling 1TB UFS 3.1 embedded flash memory devices
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The thinnest one yet at 1.1mm

KIOXIA has announced that it has started sampling its 1TB Universal Flash Storage (UFS) ver. 3.1 embedded flash memory devices, which is also the thinnest 1TB UFS offering available at just a 1.1mm high package.

Microsoft kills Flash early
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Thursday, 29 October 2020 11:02

Microsoft kills Flash early


No point waiting for Christmas

Microsoft has released a Windows update that removes Adobe's Flash Player before it reaches end of support on December 31, 2020.

Flash will not see 2021
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Monday, 22 June 2020 11:18

Flash will not see 2021


Execution date set

Three years ago, long after the rise (and fall) of Flash, Adobe announced that its once-ubiquitous multimedia platform was finally going away. But Adobe never provided a specific date for when Flash would reach its end-of-life. Now it seems that its time on death row will be over on December 31, 2020.

Apple finally removes support for Flash
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Friday, 24 January 2020 10:29

Apple finally removes support for Flash


Now the ghost of Steve Jobs will have to find another reason why Safari keeps breaking

More than a decade ago, Apple's High Priest Steve Jobs moaned that Flash was responsible for things breaking in his software.  Now, it seems Apple is ending all connection with the software which appears to have outlasted Jobs himself.

Chrome blocks Flash
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Wednesday, 31 July 2019 12:12

Chrome blocks Flash


By default, by design

Google today launched Chrome 76 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS and this time Adobe Flash is blocked by default.

Flash gets old and runs out of steam
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Thursday, 01 March 2018 11:04

Flash gets old and runs out of steam


Only used by eight percent of Chrome users

The percentage of daily Chrome users who've loaded at least one page containing Flash content per day has gone down from around 80 percent in 2014 to under eight percent in early 2018.

New zero day Flash bug in the wild
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Friday, 02 February 2018 11:37

New zero day Flash bug in the wild


A present from best Korea

South Korean authorities have issued a warning regarding a brand new Flash zero day exploit has been deployed in the wild after being written by the glorious North Korean leader and Apple fanboy Kim Jong-un. 

Western Digital results remove fears of memory chip downturn
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Everything is great

Western Digital has provided strong profit forecasts for the current quarter and the full year and said the flash memory market would grow faster this year.