Micron unveils its UFS 4.0 storage tech, it's twice as fast as previous-gen storage

22 June 2023
It comes in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB capacities and offers up to 5,300 MBps/4,000 MBps sequential read/write speeds.

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Still no 2TB, 5TB or 10TB disk space or even more.
Currently the only phone in existence with more than 1TB disk space is White Himalaya Metavertu phone for 42 000 euros. This one have exactly 11TB of disk space and some others ultra premium featuresunlike any other phone or brand.

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    • 23 Jun 2023

    SMIRNAS, 23 Jun 2023nice, hopefully future midrange phone will have 1tb storage... moreAnd it should run PC games, right?

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      • 23 Jun 2023

      TheLastOracle, 23 Jun 2023The question is, when will smartphones and tablets replace ... moreThat's sarcastic question, right? 😂😂

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        • 23 Jun 2023

        arrived too late. they must have unveiled this 9-10 months ago. samsung, xiaomi, oppo, vivo, oneplus, sony and asus already launched their 2023 flagships with existing UFS 4.0 storages. iphone 15 won't use this either. micron's storages will land on 2024 flagships unless someone else launches UFS 4.1 till then!

          Useless tech if smartphone industries isn't even planning on getting 2TB or higher. Most manufacturers would stick to 512GB. And never go beyond that unless it has a microSD card slot. Which only a handful of smartphones are getting.

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            • 23 Jun 2023

            TheLastOracle, 23 Jun 2023The question is, when will smartphones and tablets replace ... moreNot with Android, really. If we have Windows on ARM for Mobile, then we can see it replace high-end laptops. ChromeOS might not be that far off because of desktop GNU Linux support.

              The question is, when will smartphones and tablets replace high end laptops for professional work.

                When using 256gb Galaxy s23, I don’t feel any difference from the old ufs 3.1 phones, even the software installation speed is slower (searched, this is a common problem with Samsung phones)

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                  • 23 Jun 2023

                  fayy, 23 Jun 2023UFS 2.1 is also already fast enough in my experience, but t... moreYou get it backward. In general, faster CPUs will consume less power for the same tasks because faster CPUs can perform the same tasks at lower clock speeds.

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                    • 23 Jun 2023

                    Anonymous, 23 Jun 2023Coming to Chinese phones soon - not.They have YMTC so???

                      nice, hopefully future midrange phone will have 1tb storage, as standard

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                        • 23 Jun 2023

                        YUKI93, 23 Jun 2023Meanwhile, my LG V50, my LG Wing, and my Huawei Mate 20, al... moreUFS 2.1 is also already fast enough in my experience, but that's doesn't mean they need to stop innovating just because "it's already fast enough". Also, this is storage, not CPU. A faster storage doesn't consume more power, unlike faster CPU that potentially consumes more power.

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                          • 23 Jun 2023

                          Txindoki, 22 Jun 2023Micron has been banned from China, chinese govt just copied... moreI... don't think that's how that works. You know, Huawei is also banned from US, but they're still using Android for their OS outside China and Snapdragon chipsets, even though it's only 4G capable.
                          Edit: I forgot that Android is actually open source. And yes they're not allowed to use Google Services. But they're still using Snapdragon chipsets after all.

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                            Eric20, 23 Jun 2023Who are the Chinese suppliers? I thought there are only a f... moreLast year huawei made clear 80% of the phone was made using chinese components.

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                              • 23 Jun 2023

                              storage its not about speed but how much tbw can handle...what i see micron and skhynix is the easy chip reached its limit usage. i see a loot phone with dead emmc especially with skhynix

                                Eric20, 22 Jun 2023It is a very confusing way to write MB per second. I just d... more537,5MB/s sequential read speeds and up to 500MB/s sequential write speeds

                                  Meanwhile, my LG V50, my LG Wing, and my Huawei Mate 20, all with UFS 2.1, are still stupidly fast for everyday use, including when using Desktop Mode. Also, most smartphone brands will only use UFS 4.0 for their newest flagship phones and keep using UFS 2.1/2.2 or eMMC 5.1 for cheaper midrange and entry-level phones.

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                                    • 23 Jun 2023

                                    Eric20, 22 Jun 2023It is a very confusing way to write MB per second. I just d... moreIt's much easier to understand this. No simple consumer in their right mind uses _bits_ per second. Everyone needs real numbers like how long it will take to download a * GB movie.

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                                      • 23 Jun 2023

                                      Eric20, 23 Jun 2023Wikipedia says they are targeting only enterprise customers... moresorry its typo ...it is ymtc

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                                        • 23 Jun 2023

                                        The speeds of Micron UFS4.0 are written incorrect in the GSMArena article. The actual speeds are 4300 Mega Bytes per second (MBps) sequential read and 4000 MBps sequential write speed and NOT 4300 Mbps or 4000 Mbps. Mbps is Mega bits per second. Refer to the original article from Micron.

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