Posted by admin in Intel was expected to double its SSD capacities with a shrink to a 34nm process and as an immediate response, their partner Micron introduced NAND chips using 34nm process. The announcement from Micron came on June 30, just one day after the speculation about Intel.
The Intel Micron Flash Technologies is a joint-venture formed by Intel and Micron with sole purpose of manufacturing NAND chips. Recently, Micron had announced large scale production of 16GB and 32GB two-bits-per-cell MLC chips using the all-new 34nm process. The tech company is also developing faster 8GB and 16GB SLC clips.
Their 16GB and 32GB products have ONFI 2.1 synchronous interface that increases transfer speeds to up to 200MB/s. The company announced that they will be implementing this high speed interface into all upcoming high-density NAND products from Micron.
Lexar Media is offering flash memory cards like a 32GB Platinum II SDHC memory card as well as high speed USB flash drives using the new 34nm process chips manufactured by their parent company Micron.
Micron suffered a net loss of $290 million for third fiscal quarter of 2009, with net sales worth $1.1 billion. A press release by Micron stated that NAND Flash products did not perform as well in the third quarter as they did in the second quarter. This also affected their business with Intel. However, the overall NAND Flash sales to other customers went up by 20% generating significant revenue. With Micron leading the way now, Intel is expected to follow the path.
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