Date: 01/06/2008

NAND flash chip of 32 Gigabit in TSOP package

Intel and Micron have jointly able to pack 32 GB of storage capacity in a single chip monolithic device of thumb size. By successfully scaling down to 34-nanometer technology by using advanced NAND process called multilevel cell, these two companies have developed 32 GB flash chip in a TSOP package. The joint venture of Intel and Micron called IM flash technologies will make this chip available in volumes in 2nd half of 2008.
This growing trend of higher capacity integration will boost further the adaptation of Solid State Drives (SSD) to next level. The SSDs now have the disadvantage of cost-factor. But with this kind new products getting released to market faster, the SSD will no more be costlier than Magnetic Disk Drives.

The stacked package will double the capacity to 64 GB ---- nearly as massive as present Magnetic Disk Drives.

SSDs offer the advantage of lower power, faster boot-up time, access speed, and reduced noise than hard disk drives.

Get ready to design your systems with SSDs!!