Following hot on the heels of Intel and Micron with their new 20nm NAND, SanDisk has announced they will start production of 19nm MLC NAND in the 2nd half of this year in a partnership with Toshiba. The new chip is a 64Gb, 2-bits-per-cell (X2) design targeted at smaller embedded designs and removable storage.
Following hot on the heels of Intel and Micron with their new 20nm NAND, SanDisk has announced they will start production of 19nm MLC NAND in the 2nd half of this year in a partnership with Toshiba. The new chip is a 64Gb, 2-bits-per-cell (X2) design targeted at smaller embedded designs and removable storage.
With an intended market including mobile phones, media players, tablet PCs, and the like, the condensed flash will help pack larger storage capacities into smaller form-factors. According to SanDisk, this new memory is the smallest and lowest-cost to hit the market. SanDisk also intends to add a 3-bits-per-cell product based on the 19nm process in the second half of this year.
SanDisk will sample its 19nm 64Gb X2 device this quarter and expects to begin high-volume production in the second half of 2011.
