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nanotimes
10-01 :: January 2010
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ntel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. small enough to fit through the hole in the middle of
announced the world‘s first 25nm NAND techno- a compact disc (CD), yet packs more than 10 times
logy, which provides a more cost-effective path for the data capacity of that CD (a standard CD holds
increasing storage capacity in such popular consumer 700 megabytes of data). The 25nm, 8GB device is
gadgets as smartphones, personal music and media sampling now and is expected to enter mass produc-
players (PMPs), as well as the new high-performance tion in the second quarter of 2010. For consumer
class of solid-state drives (SSDs). Manufactured by IM electronics manufacturers, the device provides the
Flash Technologies (IMFT), Intel and Micron‘s NAND highest-density in a single 2 bits-per-cell multi-level
flash joint venture, the 25nm process produces 8 cell (MLC) die that will fit an industry-standard, thin
gigabytes (GB) of storage in a single NAND device, small-outline package (TSOP).
creating a high-capacity storage solution for today‘s http://www.intel.com/
tiny consumer gadgets. It measures just 167mm
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