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2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport: Review

For years the popular Tacoma has held a significant share of the truck market. In fact, when it comes to specifically midsize trucks, it’s a runaway champion. So when Toyota announced they’d be making the first real changes/upgrades in about ten years, some people worried that they might not recognize the new kid.

Fear not. It’s still a Tacoma, and will continue to sell like crazy.

Not that there aren’t competitors circling in the water. Chevy has become very serious about the Colorado (the truck, not the state), and both GMC and Nissan feel like they have contenders, too.

But Toyota knows it has a solid entry in the market, and they’re not about to screw it up.

Before we get to the changes, let’s set the record straight. The Tacoma comes in five different trim styles, ranging from the base SR up to the Limited. You can opt for the 4-cylinder (159 horsepower), but why would you? The smooth V6 has been refined – and quieted down from past models – and delivers almost 280 horses. Throw in the towing package and the Tacoma will handle almost anything you throw at it – at least up to 6800 pounds.

Let’s face it, the majority of trucks purchased today are never intended to go off-road. If you choose to rough it, however, the Tacoma laughs in the face of mud. With its good-sized clearance and beefed-up rear axle, it’s one of the few midsize trucks that shines off the pavement.

(Disclaimer: This city boy never tried it off-road, but more than one enthusiast regaled me with stories. It’s legit. Oh, and here’s some fun for you: Toyota now includes a GoPro mount, in case you want to go all epic or whatever.)

One of the changes for 2016 is the elimination of the regular cab style. Apparently not enough people thought it was worthwhile, so today you can choose between the Access Cab (which uses small, rear-hinged doors) and the Double Cab. Go the double route and you’ll have plenty of room for even tall adults in the back. I drove the Double Cab for the week, and found it more than adequate.

Inside, you’ll see more evidence of the redesign. Materials have ticked upward a tad, although they’re still geared mostly for durability. (The lone exception here is the Limited, which feels compelled to spoil you with at least a little bit of luxury. Is simulated leather necessary in an off-road vehicle? Hmm.)

The controls are – thankfully! – very easy and intuitive. Toyota hasn’t yet felt the need to make their pickups’ control panels require an MIT degree. I appreciated the simplicity, the layout, and even the touchscreen, a 7-inch job that was a snap to operate. And, thank the gods, Toyota still believes in old-fashioned, traditional knobs for climate control.

Throw in an accessible USB port (the “accessible” part is not as common as you’d think), plenty of storage, and SEVEN cupholders. Seven. Dang, people must work up a mighty big thirst when they’re off-roading. Or going to Kohls and Target.

As for the drive, it was also what you’d expect (or at least SHOULD expect) from a midsize truck. The Tacoma won’t fly off the starting line, and, in fact, mostly trails its competitors in that area. But if you’re buying a pickup to drag race, you don’t understand trucks.

I found the steering to be smooth, the bumpiness almost nonexistent (another improvement from older Tacoma models), and an overall ride that was comfortable and surprisingly quiet – again, another nod to the redesign.

The TRD Sport version I drove was MSRP listed for just under $34k; with one minor option (the tow package) it tallied just over $35k. Mileage won’t make you gasp, so just hope that gas prices stay reasonable; my Sport version clocks in at about 20mpg combined.

The Toyota Tacoma has dominated the midsize truck market for years, and this new ’16 entry will likely fend off a strong push from competitors.

Reviewed by Dom Testa

Samsung 64GB memory cards for slim handsets and tabs

Recently Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has placarded next-generation 64GB eMMC (embedded multimedia card) which utilizes 10 nanometre-class process technology.

Last month weekend, the Samsung company tells that the new 64GB NAND memory cards production started.

Myungho Kim, VP of Memory marketing, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics, stated, “The new high-speed, small form factor eMMC reinforces Samsung’s technology leadership in storage memory solutions. We look forward to expanding our line-up of embedded memory solutions in conjunction with the new chip’s design, in pursuing a system-level adoption of application processors and other key components that form the foundation for the most advanced mobile platforms. This will allow us to better attend to time-to-market demands enabling the design of more convenient features for next-generation mobile applications.”

In Tabs and handsets key memory component i s embedded memory.

Updated high-performance, density eMMCs permits users to access high-density and resolution full HD video on their recent handset devices and supply a better user experience for gaming, running rich apps and web browsing.

Samsung company is using 64GB high-performance NAND memory utilizing its 10nm-class technology to the new 64GB eMMC Pro Class 2000 memory solution.

The Samsung company official statement, the new embedded memory solution exceeds the performance levels of the conventional 64GB eMMC Pro Class 1500 based on an eMMC 4.5 interface. The new high-speed eMMC will be submitted next year to the industry standards body JEDEC, (Joint Electron Engineering Council) for adoption as an industry standard. Samsung’s next-generation 64GB eMMC Pro Class 2000 comes just five months after the company introduced its first embedded memory supporting the eMMC4.5 interface and delivers a 30 percent advantage in performance over that solution.

Also the 10nm-class technology based NAND is works reconcilable to Samsung’s advanced 20nm-class 64GB MLC NAND, that was 1st obtainable last May, perfecting manufacturing productivity by 30 %.

Samsung company claims that the latest memory solution has a random write speed of 2,000 IOPS (input/output per second) and a read speed of 5,000 IOPS.

And the consecutive write and read speeds are 260 MB/s and 50MB/s. SO it is up to 10 times quicker than a class 10 external memory card that reads at 24MB/s and writes at 12MB/s.

Present mobile apps displays a specific trend to slimmer designs and larger display screens, at the time of utilizing updated multi-core processors and high performance by high density (2 GB) LPDDR2 memory, with huge batteries for longer usage on a single charge.

The 64GB eMMC Pro Class 2000 has 11.5mm by 13mm size.