Date: 25/04/2011

Toshiba leads over Micron by 1nm

While Intel and Micron have announced 20nm process node for making Flash memory chips. Toshiba followed by announcing NAND flash memory chips at 19nm, a lead of 1nm over Micron-Intel.
Toshiba says this latest technology advance has already been applied to 2-bit-per-cell 64-gigabit (Gb) chips that are the world's smallest and offer the highest density on a single chip (8 gigabytes (GB))2. Toshiba will also add 3-bit-per-cell products fabricated with the 19nm process technology to its product line-up.

Samples of 2-bit-per-cell 64-gigabit are expected from the end of this month with mass production scheduled for the third quarter of the year (July to September 2011).

Toshiba now tops in packing more bytes in less space. At 19nm Toshiba to assemble sixteen 64Gbit NAND flash memory chips in one package and to deliver 128GB devices for application in smartphones and tablet PCs. The 19nm process products are also equipped with Toggle DDR2.0, which enhances data transfer speed.