Compact memory: A micrograph shows the two 32-gigabit sections of a new flash memory chip.
Credit: Sandisk
New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in information technology--and what they mean.
Improved Memory
New algorithms double flash capacity without shrinking transistor size.
Source: "A 5.6 MB/s 64 Gb 4b/Cell NAND Flash Memory in 43nm CMOS"
Cuong Trinh et al.
2009 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, February 10, 2009, San Francisco, CA
Results: Researchers at Toshiba and SanDisk, a maker of flash memory devices in Milpitas, CA, have built a 64-gigabit chip that holds four bits of data per memory cell, twice as much as the cells in conventional chips.
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