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Micron and Intel Develop 3rd Generation 3D NAND

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Via a post on their newsroom, Intel has announced today that in partnership with Micron, they have developed a new 3rd generation of NAND flash. The new chips are the world's first with 4Tb - 4bits/cell dies in 64 layers, and upcoming 96 layers. The 64 layer 4bits/cell die coming in at 1Tb density per die.

Quite amazing how fast technology is moving when it comes to flash memory, makes me long for the days of when CPUs and GPUs were moving so quickly.

“With introduction of 64-layer 4bits/cell NAND technology, we are achieving 33 percent higher array density compared to TLC, which enables us to produce the first commercially available 1 terabit die in the history of semiconductors,” said Micron Executive Vice President, Technology Development, Scott DeBoer. “We’re continuing flash technology innovation with our 96-layer structure, condensing even more data into smaller spaces, unlocking the possibilities of workload capability and application construction.”
 
Cool. Hopefully that will translate into lower prices and higher capacities. However I am hearing that after Q2 of this year SSD prices are going to go back up. Considerably so over the holiday season. Basically what I'm saying is that now is pretty much the time to buy an SSD as far as I can tell.
 
Too rich for my blood still. Unless you have "Kyle" bucks, this is still way too much money for regular joe's like me. I still remember the days when they said SSD's were going to come down in price to match mechanical hard drives. Yeah right, I'm still waiting years later. I run a very small SSD for my OS (120 gb) but that's about it for my pocket book. Mechanicals the rest of the way and they are still chooching.
 
rgMekanic said:
Quite amazing how fast technology is moving when it comes to flash memory, makes me long for the days of when CPUs and GPUs were moving so quickly.
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It's deceptive GPU's and CPU's are way quicker to begin with so it always seems like their progression is slower when in reality it's more like the opposite is closer to the truth of the matter.
 
LOL right. My NAS uses 8TB drives I paid $200/ea for.

We’re a LONG way away from that here...

It is taking FOREVER for NAND to come down in price and go up in capacity. Meanwhile platter drives just keep getting bigger.
 
Nobody in their right mind says SSDs will come down to HDDs at the same capacity. Then again capacity and speed aren't always both needed in the same drive, so the two technologies complement each other nicely. I think we're already in a really good place with 512GB SSDs in the $100-$150 range depending on features/brand. That holds an Operating System and applications pretty nicely.
 
i could never build a new computer anymore that has spinning drives. I have a NAS for mass storage/backups in my home.
 
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