
In 2005, Intel will lay plans to conquer new territory. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker will start to produce flash memory for consumer electronics devices, which typically sell for less than cellular flash, Intel’s historical strength. The company currently makes only NOR flash, which is highly reliable and used to store software code. NOR, however, is less dense than the NAND flash made by Samsung and Toshiba that’s used in cards to store data such as MP3 files and photos.