The Real (and Virtual) Adventures of Nathan the IT Guy » tablets http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology Fri, 24 May 2013 15:01:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Nvidia to team with Sandisk for Smartphones and Tablets http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/nvidia-to-team-with-sandisk-for-smartphones-and-tablets/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/nvidia-to-team-with-sandisk-for-smartphones-and-tablets/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:01:29 +0000 Nathan Simon http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/?p=1527

This is very good news, smartphones and tablets are lacking when it comes to storage speed. Sure the processors are getting faster and have more cores, but when the underlying storage is slow as molasses what’s the point, the phone will end up being sluggish. I pulled some information from Sandisk‘s site.

For the most demanding tablet and smartphone designs, choose SanDisk iNAND Extreme Embedded Flash Drives (EFDs). Give users more memory-up to 128GB and benefit from industry-standard e.MMC interfaces for fast integration of flash drives into OEM manufacturing processes. Consumers will enjoy smooth, rich multimedia and fast app loading.

  • Advanced multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash technology
  • Up to 80MB/s read and 50MB/s**Based on SanDisk internal testing; performance may be lower depending upon host device. 1 MB = 1 million bytes. write speeds
  • Capacities from 16GB to 128GB
  • For leading-edge mobile devices
  • Plug-and-play simplicity

Can you imaging a smartphone/tablet that can read and write at those speeds with near zero seek times? That would make for one snappy device… let’s hope we hear more partnership deals with Sandisk from other vendors. Want more?! Go here.

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/nvidia-to-team-with-sandisk-for-smartphones-and-tablets/feed/ 0 Toshiba’s new 2560 x 1600 Display http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/toshibas-new-2560-x-1600-display/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/toshibas-new-2560-x-1600-display/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:47:53 +0000 Nathan Simon http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/toshibas-new-2560-x-1600-display/ You see the title of this post and naturally you think, sure that’s cool, that’s where 50″ TV resolutions are headed… you’re wrong, Toshiba’s released the specs on a 6.1″ display that boasts ~500 ppi(pixels per inch) Here is a breakdown of world leaders in PPI.

iPhone 4/4S 3.5″ 960×640 329.65
Samsung Nexus 4.65″ 1280×720 315.83
Samsung’s Unreleased Tablet Panel 10.1″ 2560×1600 298.9
Toshiba’s New Panel 6.1″ 2560×1600 494.9

You thought the iPhone4/4S display was crisp and clear… go here to read the full story and see some image comparisons to see exactly what I am talking about. Just think, a display so clear and smooth that you cannot see the pixels anymore (kind of like looking through a sheet of glass). If they are able to apply this resolution to a TV screen 10x the size it would be like having a 16000p display never mind 1080p, that is just amazing. It’s an amazing time in technology, and it only gets better as the years fly by.

-NS

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