Macronix plans to ship its new 3D NAND chips in 2020, but contrary to recent coverage, they won't be used for Switch cartridges. The handheld-console hybrid's GameCards actually use Macronix's XtraROM ...

The late 1990s saw the widespread introduction of solid-state storage based around NAND Flash. Ranging from memory cards for portable devices to storage for desktops and laptops, the data storage ...

Unlike scaling practices in 2D NAND technology, the direct way to reduce bit costs and increase chip density in 3D NAND is by adding layers. In 2013, Samsung shipped the first V-NAND product using 24 ...

With Sony and Microsoft set to soon roll out their next-generation game consoles featuring high-speed and large-capacity SSDs, NAND flash demand for game console applications will be picking up ...

Most smartphones and computers today boast extremely fast read and write speeds, thanks to a paradigm shift towards flash memory, especially in consumer PCs. NAND flash memory finds use in a variety ...

A blackout at one of Samsung's factories has potentially destroyed a worrying percentage of the world's NAND flash memory. Just as SSD prices were starting to stabilise, damn it. Want the very best ...

With NOR- and NAND-type flash memory jockeying for position, there's considerable debate over whether these technologies will coexist or compete. Semiconductor Insights' recent teardown of the NEC ...

An analyst at the Flash Memory Summit believes we are headed for a flash oversupply that will inevitably end up in tears. A shockwave of NAND price drops will reportedly hit the entire SSD industry ...

Western Digital, a major player in the storage industry, announced this week that it has completed development of its next generation 3D NAND technology called BiCS3. Limited production is already ...

This content was produced in partnership with Micron. In the wide world of computing, sometimes there’s innovation you can see — like a processor that’s larger than others with increased capabilities, ...