This week the Chinese company YMTC announced the development of a volume and register 3D NAND flash memory with 128 layers. The Chinese will lose the production phase of the 96-layer memory and will start production of the 128-layer memory immediately at the end of the year. This will put them at the level of industry leaders, which is like waving a red rag in front of the ox. And the “bulls” reacted as expected.
ETNews, a South Korean website, said today that Samsung has accelerated the development of the 160-layer 3D NAND (or V-NAND, as the company calls it).
Samsung calls it a “super-release” strategy or preemptive game designed to help South Korea’s technology leaders stay one step ahead of the competition. Since Samsung’s success is at the heart of the South Korean economy, the prosperity of an entire country is at stake, which is why the company takes its work seriously.
Samsung introduced more than 100 layers of storage in August last year. We can assume that the company has conditionally released 128-layer storage for the third quarter in a row (the exact number of layers will certainly remain unknown).
Samsung’s 160 or even a large number of layers should appear next on the scene. It belongs to the 7th generation of V-NAND storage. Rumor has it that the company has made significant progress in its development. It is believed that Samsung was the first to reach the 160-layer milestone, as with all previous generations of 3D NAND memory.
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