Intel Confirms 25nm NAND Flash for New SSDs
Intel readies the next generation of NAND for SSDs.
Intel has announced that its 25nm NAND flash chips are now shipping in volume to customers.
Intel detailed in its brief announcement:
Announced in February, IMFT was the first to sample, and now to ship in production, 25nm NAND using the world's smallest, most advanced manufacturing process technology. 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. 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.
For those of you constantly keeping an eye on Intel SSD prices, expect this to soon trigger a new generation of roomier and/or cheaper drives.
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Roomier AND cheaper FTW!
Woo! Cheap(ish) SSDs!
Bring on SLC drives with higher capacity, I have a new PC to build!
How come these NANDs reached 25nm while CPU still remains at 32/45/65nm?
that was quick, i thought 34nm was was just released
SATA III Intel Gen. 3 SSD - just the thought makes me drool.
Now, let's get TRIM on RAID and I'm already to remortgage my soul!
I can't see SSD prices dropping for some considerable time. New 25nm will increase output somewhat provided that yields are good but the demand is still well ahead of supply so prices will remain high
SATA III Intel Gen. 3 SSD - just the thought makes me drool.
Now, let's get TRIM on RAID and I'm already to remortgage my soul!
Word up G!
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardw [...] for-raid/1
[quote]For those of you constantly keeping an eye on Intel SSD prices, expect this to soon trigger a new generation of roomier and/or cheaper drives.[/quote
Will that kill the other SSDs?
Like the heck I care. Bring them on Intel!!
How come these NANDs reached 25nm while CPU still remains at 32/45/65nm?
the simple answer is that cpu's are much more complex than nand chips
do research before you ask pointless questions
Word up G!
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardw [...] for-raid/1
Got my hopes up then - in the comments section of that article somebody's posted a clarification from Intel and TRIM only works for a single SSD attached to SATA ports in RAID mode. Basically if you run in RAID mode to array HDDs you'll still get TRIM run through to the single SSD.
TRIM apparently still doesn't work for multiple SSDs in an array.
Got my hopes up then - in the comments section of that article somebody's posted a clarification from Intel and TRIM only works for a single SSD attached to SATA ports in RAID mode. Basically if you run in RAID mode to array HDDs you'll still get TRIM run through to the single SSD.TRIM apparently still doesn't work for multiple SSDs in an array.
Dammit! That must have appeared since I last checked the comments!