Sun and Micron unveil extend life flash | | 2008-12-28 | | | Sun Microsystems and Micron Technology have jointly developed a new single-level cell (SLC) enterprise NAND technology that dramatically extends the lifespan of flash-based storage for enterprise applications.The companies have created an Enterprise NAND device capable of one million write/erase cycles - ten times the average of existing SLC devices. This performance improvement will allow the use of flash in high end applications that were previously limited by slower write/erase cycles.Brian Shirley, VP of Micron’s memory group said "We expect this technology to revolutionise the enterprise storage hierarchy and be adopted by a wide range of transaction-intensive applications, including solid state drives and storage systems, disk caching, as well as networking and industrial applications".Micron is now sampling its Enterprise NAND in densities up to 32 gigabits. Volume production is expected in the first quarter of 2009. Micron also plans to introduce both SLC and multi-level cell (MLC) enterprise versions on its 34nm NAND process early next year. | |
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