SanDisk unveils a 16-gigbit, 3 bits per cell flash chips, plans to move 43nm NAND int

via Engadget


Usually with SanDisk flash announcements we just list a new higher capacity and post a shot of a memory card with the new number on it, but this time around the announcements are little deeper: two new memory technologies.

The first, which will go into production in March, is a 16-gigbit flash chip that contains three bits per cell, based on Toshiba's "3D" flash tech we heard about over the summer. The chip offers 8MB/sec write performance, but is much smaller than conventional MLC chips. Speaking of MLC, SanDisk also announced that it's moving forward on 43nm MLC fabrication, which will allow it to ship 32 gigabit flash chips in the latter half of the year.

Either way, it looks like we're going to have a lot of memory cards with bigger numbers on them to post up soon, eh?

I'm pretty sure you mean Gigabytes...not Gigabits.