Electronics manufacturer Toshiba has announced industry’s first 64GB embedded flash memory modules.These are created via a 32nm process technology and this component combines a dedicated controller along with sixteen 32Gbit chips.Chip thinning and layering methods helps to bring the chip thickness down to just 30 micrometers. These should become available in the first quarter of 2010.

Production is not started on large scale and are available for sample purposes only.Toshiba said the product will be used in smartphones, mobile phones, netbooks and digital video cameras.Chips may be implemented in the future models of iPhone, next year’s iPhone 3GS  likely to offer 64GB of capacity.

In addition, the new 64GB iPod touch, introduced in September, uses a pair of 32GB NAND chips to achieve its maximum capacity. Toshiba’s new chips would allow Apple to release a 128GB iPod touch sometime in 2010.

Toshiba offers a comprehensive line-up of single-package embedded NAND Flash memories in densities ranging from 2GB to 64GB. These offer full compliance with the latest e•MMCTM standard.e•MMCTM is a trademark and a product category for a class of embedded memory products built to the joint JEDEC/MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA) MMC Standard specification.

It’s new features, including defining multiple storage areas,  sequential read/write speed of 37/20 MB/second and enhanced security features.The new modules could potentially be used to double the storage capacity.Toshiba said its new 64GB chip offers up to 1,070 hours of music at 128Kbps,8.3 hours of full-spec high definition video, and 19.2 hours of standard definition video.

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