Toshiba To Start Mass Production of World's Smallest and World's Fastest 2-Bit / Cell 64 Gigabit NAND Flash Memory

Toshiba announced the development of a 2-bit / cell 64 gigabit (8 gigabyte) NAND flash memory using a 19-nanometer second-generation process and will start mass production from this month.

Toshiba: Press Release (2013-05-21): Mass-Production of NAND Flash Memory Using State-of-the-Art Process
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2013_05/pr_j2102.htm


The new product adopts the 19 nm second generation process and achieves chip size of 94 square millimeters, the world's smallest as a 64-gigabit NAND flash memory of 2 bits / cell, by devising a peripheral circuit, and Toshiba original high speed write circuit According to the system, the 2-bit / cell product also achieves the world's fastest writing speed of 25 Mbytes / second.


In addition, Toshiba is also developing a 3-bit / cell product that adopts this state-of-the-art process, and mass production will be started in the second quarter of 2013. With the new development of eMMC-compliant controllers, smartphones and We are also planning to deploy 3 bit / cell products to tablets and so on, and we are also seeking to support SSD by incorporating it into notebook PCs etc. by proceeding further.