Tag: NAND

SSD Endurance, Disaggregation and the Changing Economics of Flash-based Storage Systems – Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, August 22nd 2016

Analyst Blogs

IT infrastructure doesn’t typically ‘wear out’, so much as it becomes obsolete. Technology changes fast enough that newer models offer substantial benefits over systems that may be only a few years old. This is particularly true with controller hardware where obsolescence...

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SSD is Hot — So Why is Toshiba Demolishing a NAND Flash Fab? Forbes blog by John Webster

By John Webster, Tuesday, May 20th 2014

Analyst Blogs

Toshiba recently announced that it will begin demolishing its No. 2 semiconductor fabrication facility, the company’s NAND Flash memory plant, and replace it with a new fab facility on the same site. Why? According to Toshiba: “The primary purpose of...

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