Very good news… SSDs and other flash memory devices will soon be more affordable and have higher capacities, as shown by new announcements we had from Toshiba and Intel.
The two companies unveiled new “3D NAND” memory chips, which are arranged in layers so they can store even more data than chips in use today.
Toshiba chips with increased speeds and reliability. It is currently providing factory samples to manufacturers, but the new chips are expected to reach the market in more than a year.
At the same time, Intel and Micron are making their own 32-layer NAND chips that could also make it into commercial SSDs within a year or so. The companies are even providing partner manufacturers with samples of larger capacities than Toshiba, with 32GB chips available now and 48GB coming soon.
Micron notes that the chips will be used to create M.2 PCIe SSDs as small as a gumball with capacities of up to 3.5GB, as well as 2.5-inch SSDs with capacities that could exceed 10TB!
Toshiba, as well as Intel/Micron, and the companies that will use their chips will soon be able to offer… competition to Samsung, which has been using 3D NAND technology for some time, while, as it seems, they will dramatically increase the capacities of ultrabooks on the market, without increasing costs, something we are waiting for with particular interest.
Source: digitallife.gr
