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With consumers constantly demanding greater amounts of storage, technology developers such as Samsung are continuing to provide the technology that allows for more portability data and larger amounts of storage.

Samsung, the worlds largest memory chip manufacturer announced a new 8Gbit NAND flash memory chip today that should enter the market in the next few months. Consumers should see a large increase in data storage within the next six months for portable devices such as Ipods and USB storage devices.

Not only will this new development allow devices to have 8GB NAND flash capacity, but the chips are 25% smaller, which allows for the production of even smaller devices. Samsung stated that the new chips will allow for storage of 2,000 MP3 files, or 225 minutes of DVD-quality video.

This latest development poses a challenge to device makers because the new chips require them to use four controller chips instead of two when they begin manufacturing 16GB devices. While this presents a new challenge for device manufacturers, they expect to have the issue resolved by the end of the year, allowing for consumers to see 16GB USB drives in stores around Christmas.

Samsung is utilizing 60-nanometer manufacturing technology to reduce the size of the chips while making them faster and more energy efficient.

As long as these chips continue to decrease in size, device makers will be able to make their products smaller and more portable.