You will soon be able to put huge amounts of memory into your computer thanks to NAND technology developed by Intel and Toshiba. The companies have revealed 3D NAND memory chips which are stacked in layers, which mean they can hold more data than the chips with single planes that are out now.
Toshiba have revealed that they are working on the first 48 layer NAND chip in the world with a 16GB chip that boosts reliability and speed. At the moment they are giving engineering samples to manufacturers but the general public will have to wait for a while longer to get their hands on them.
Intel along with their partner Micron also revealed they are making their own version of a 32 layer NAND chip and predict that it should be available in SSD format in about a year. They are working on bigger NAND memory as 32GB chips are already available and they will soon have a 48GB version available. It will be possible to make M.2 PCle SSD at gum stick size and up to 3.5TB along with 10TB SSDs at just 2.5 inches. This would put them on a level with many of the latest hard drives on the market.
Samsung have been using 3D NAND technology for a while now and so they can expect competition from Toshiba along with Intel and Micron. The good news for consumers is that we can expect higher capacity and cheaper NAND SSDs in the not too distant future.
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