Intel this week said it has begun shipping its 25nm NAND flash memory to customers, which represents the world’s smallest, most advanced process technology. The new chips were first sampled back in February and will replace Intel’s 34nm parts found in the company’s second-gen X25-M SSD, as well as a handful of other products.
“The 8 gigabyte (GB) 25nm NAND flash memory chip measures just 167mm2 and can hold up to 2,000 songs, 7,000 photos or 8 hours of video,” Intel said. “NAND Flash memory is used in USB memory keys and SD cards for data storage in digital camcorders and cameras, as well as in smart phones, personal music players and solid-state drives.”
Capacity won’t stop at 8GB, however. You can expect Intel to equip products with multiple 8GB chips for much larger capacity devices. For example, it would take just 32 of Intel’s 25nm chips to produce a 256GB SSD, compared to the 64 chips it current takes.
Intel didn’t announce any upcoming products, but now that the chips are being mass produced, we suspect it won’t be long before manufactures come out with 25nm-based products.
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Intel Now Mass Producing 25nm NAND Flash Memory Chips
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