On Thursday, micron grandly announced the industry's first 232 layer 3D NAND storage solution and plans to use it in various product lines, including solid state disk (SSD) drives With the support of CMOS architecture (CUA), micron was able to stack two 3D NAND arrays with each other. If all goes well, the company is expected to increase the production of 232 layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory chips in the second half of 2022.
Combined with CUA design + 232 layer NAND scheme, it helps to greatly reduce the size of Meguiar 1TB 3D TLC flash memory chip, reduce production cost or improve profit margin.
Meguiar has not disclosed the IC area and I / O rate of 232l 3D TLC NAND, but implies that the new flash memory will have higher performance than the existing 3D NAND devices. It is speculated that it can be used for the next generation SSD equipped with PCIe 5.0 interface.
Scott DeBoer, executive vice president of micron technology products, pointed out that the company's relevant flash memory devices will be equipped with self-development and third-party master control. At the same time, they will maintain close cooperation with other developers to provide appropriate support for new flash memory.
The company has optimized research and development around the technology required by the industry-leading managed NAND storage and data center / client SSD products, and the combination of internal and external controllers has always been an important part of its vertical product integration.
This will not only ensure the proper optimization of NAND / controller technology, but also meet its requirements to maintain industry-leading.
The company said that compared with the previous generation of process nodes, the new generation 232 layer 3D TLC NAND has lower power consumption. In addition, Meguiar has long focused on mobile applications and has maintained a good partnership with downstream equipment manufacturers.
Finally, in view of Meguiar's plan to start the production of 232 layer 3D TLC NAND in the second half of 2022, it is expected that various terminal products (such as SSD) will also be listed in 2023.