Intel and Micron announce super-fast Nand Flash technology

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An Intel and Micron Technology joint venture, IM Flash Technologies, has developed Nand Flash technology which is five times faster than conventional Nand.

Nand Flash is used in solid-state memory devices, including USB drives and memory cards.

The super-fast Nand technology will significantly reduce the time it takes for data to be transferred for computing, video, photography and other consumer applications.

The new technology can reach speeds of 200Mbps for reading data and 100Mbps for writing data, compared with 40Mbps and 20Mbps read and write speeds for conventional single-level Nand chips.

The super-fast Nand has a four-plane architecture with higher clock speeds. IM Technologies expects it to be used in next-generation devices such as hybrid hard drives, high-definition video cameras and PC memory.

It will complement the forthcoming USB 3.0 interface, which aims for 10 times the bandwidth of the current USB 2.0 standard. The conventional Nand could compromise system performance when USB 3.0 comes into play.