There is a big difference between a press release announcing availability of the raw NAND IC components and it being designed, validated, and productized into a full SSD with a required new controller. Those likely won't be out until Q3 at the earliest. I can absolutely guarantee you that there is no SSD shipping today that uses 25nm IMFT NAND ICs.
> -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Scoobydo > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 9:43 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Greg what do you think of this SSD? > > > Intel-Micron Flash Technologies Ships 25nm NAND Flash: Bigger USB Keys, > SSDs Coming Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - by Ray Willington Process > technologies continue to shrink at an alarming rate. It wasn't long ago that > 65nm seemed tiny, and now Intel is shipping out NAND Flash based around > 25nm. In short, shrinking the production size enables manufacturers to > squeeze more memory, power, etc. onto an existing form factor. In other > words, CPU sockets and DIMM slots won't change sizes very often, so the > goal is to simply put more onto the modules we have. > > IM Flash Technologies, which is a joint venture between Intel and Micron > that is targeted for producing NAND flash memory, announced in late > January that they were working hard to develop 25 nanometer Flash > memory. > It was neat, but easy to brush off, since nothing new was actually shipping to > consumers. Companies make these wild breakthrough claims all the time, > but this one's different. Just a few months after the debut, Intel has now > declared that same 25 nanometer memory ready for shipment, meaning that > it's ready to make an impact in the market. Larger capacity memory products, > here we come. > > Starting this week, Intel-Micron Flash Technologes are in mass production of > the 25 nanometer NAND Flash, and volume shipments have commenced. > That makes IMFT the first to "sample, and now to ship in production, 25nm > NAND using the world's smallest, most advanced manufacturing process > technology." The 8GB 25 nanometer memory chip measures just 167mm2 > and can hold up to 2,000 songs, 7,000 photos or 8 hours of video, and it > should be showing up in USB keys, SD cards, Flash drives in camcorders and > even SSDs soon. > > > > On Sat, 22 May 2010 09:29:13 -0500, Greg Sevart <ad...@xfury.net> wrote: > > > There hasn't been another die shrink from IMFT (Intel/Micron Flash > > Technologies) yet. They dropped prices around 60% last year when > > moving from 50nm to 34nm, and the move down to 25nm will not occur > > until later this year. It will also require an updated controller. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > >> boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Scoobydo > >> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 6:01 AM > >> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > >> Subject: Re: [H] Greg what do you think of this SSD? > >> > >> Anand doesn't expect the price to drop significantly this year. Even > >> with > > the > >> recent die shrink from Intel/Micron and Samsung they haven't passed > >> along the savings to consumers yet. Next year we can expect the > >> prices to > > finally > >> start to fall more and within 5 years the mechanical hardrive will be > >> on > > it's > >> way out. Seagate is coming out with a 3 Gig drive this year.. > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
