Samsung, Numonyx to develop PCM specifications

23.06.2009
The fifth paragraph in the story "Samsung, Numonyx to develop PCM specifications," which was posted to the wire on Tuesday, has been updated to clarify a comment by an analyst comparing memory types. Forward Insights analyst Gregory Wong was referring to write times when comparing PCM to other memory types.

The fifth paragraph now reads as follows:

Proponents have said that PCM will eventually replace NOR and NAND flash memory in devices such as smartphones, because it reads data at faster speeds while using less power. However, Wong said that right now, PCM is slower in write times and consumes more power than existing memory types, and there is room for improvement. Samsung and Numonyx could be trying to address those issues, he said.