Smaller than a typical postage stamp, the tiny footprint of eMMC makes it ideal for many electronic devices, including smartphones, small laptops, smart TVs, wearable technology and smart home appliances. The “embedded” part of the name comes from the fact that the storage is usually soldered directly onto the device’s motherboard, so it is not removable nor displaced easily. eMMC storage consists of NAND flash — the same tech you’ll find in USB drives, SD cards, and solid-state drives but just packaged differently.

Beyond its use in consumer products, eMMC is rapidly being adopted in many other embedded applications, such as Single Board Computers (SBC), robotics, medical devices, automotive, networking and building control devices because of its compact size, low-power consumption and numerous enhanced features. With the rapid growth of the IoT market, eMMC is finding its way to newer applications.