25nm NAND flash now being shipped
Intel has announced that Intel-Micron Flash Technologies are in mass production of the 25nm nand flash memory and Intel is shipping in volume to customers.
Announced in February, IMFT was the first to sample, and now to ship in production, 25nm nand using what Intel claims to be the world's smallest, most advanced manufacturing process technology.
The 8gigabyte 25nm NAND flash memory chip measures 167mm2 and can hold up to 2000 songs, 7000 photos or 8hours of video.
NAND flash memory is used in usb memory keys and SD cards for data storage in digital camcorders and cameras, as well as in smart phones, personal music players and solid state drives.
