Galaxy Note 3 Release Date Update: Samsung to Deliver Superfast Phablet by Pairing Newly-Developed Memory Chip with Exynos Octa 5 CPU?
A few months before the eagerly-awaited Galaxy Note 3 release date, Samsung announced that it has commenced the mass production of the world's fastest embedded memory, which likely will be deployed with the third-generation phablet.
In a press statement issued Friday last week, the South Korean tech giant has revealed that it is building "the lightning-fast eMMC PRO memory (that) provides exceptionally fast application booting and loading."
The memory chips will ship out in three configurations - 16GB, 32GB and 64GB - boasting an interface speed of up to 400MB per second and the first to fully support the eMMC 5.0 standard.
It is also based on 64GB 10nm class NAND flash technology, which according to Engadget "will enable much faster multi-tasking, web-browsing, application downloading and file transfers, as well as high-definition video capture and playback."
Mobile device users, Samsung said, will soon encounter high-end Galaxy gadgets that are "highly responsive to running large-file gaming and productivity applications." In short, power and speed are packed into these future dynamos.
It is understood, Engadget said, that the 32GB and 64GB variants will be used in upcoming Galaxy handset models - smartphones, tablets and phablets - and they should chew in the following benefits: random read and write speeds of 7,000 IOPS (inputs/outputs per second) and sequential read and write speeds of 250MB/s and 90MB/s respectively."
There was no mention of what Galaxy models will first showcase such impressive memory chip upgrades yet it is easy to assume that the Note 3, set for unveiling in the first week of September 2013, is a likely recipient, as well as future shipments of the Galaxy S4.
Earlier, it was reported that Samsung engineers were able to tweak the existing architecture of the eight-core Exynos Octa 5 CPU, considerably boosting its processing and graphics muscles while maintaining high energy efficiency.
On its supposed Sept 4 release date, dubbed as Episode 2 Unpacked, the Galaxy Note 2 is rumoured to arrive in two CPU flavours (one is probably built on a quad-core Snapdragon 800) depending on market location with three likely screen sizes - 5.5-inch, 5.7-inch and 6-inch - with Jelly Bean 4.3 preloaded right out of the box.