Advances in fabrication technology, die processing and packaging are contributing to the rapid development of high-density Flash memory targeting advanced consumer and industrial applicationsInnovations such as 3D gaming, downloadable digital content and app stores for smartphones and tablets are among important trends driving the ever-increasing demand for high-density non-volatile storage for program code, system data and user downloads. In other applications such as industrial processes and building automation, increasing use of intelligent sensing and control is also driving up demand for robust and cost-effective storage. NAND Flash memory offers outstanding qualities for many of these applications.
NAND Flash has followed an aggressive development curve since being introduced by Toshiba in the late 1980s. Its small chip size and low cost per bit have enabled extremely high storage density within a small-sized module, enabling widespread use in embedded systems as well as personal storage products such as USB drives and memory cards. NAND Flash is often now used in preference to a traditional hard-disk drive in equipment such as game consoles and tablets, offering faster read speeds, lower heat generation and reduced power consumption. The latest generations of devices achieve high data-transfer speeds making NAND Flash suitable for code storage as well as data storage.
read more
More...