back to article Toshiba, Western Digital put away lawyers long enough to play 96-layer 3D NAND game of Jenga

Just as we are getting used to 64‑layer 3D NAND chips, along come the warring flash joint-venture couple Toshiba and Western Digital. The pair say their JV has produced a 96‑layer prototype die, with Toshiba also introducing four-level cell tech. A 96‑layer 3D NAND chip has 50 per cent more layers than a 64‑layer chip, and …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Failure Modes

    Endurance really isn't an issue, most of my 14 TB+, and growing, might as well be etched in stone. And yes, M-Disc has always been on my really would love to have list. Any problems that I forsee here revolve around pri e point and that SSD's fail completely with no warning. Still. That's why NAS disks feature here.

    So, Tosh-WD, what's those gonna be?

  2. JeffyPoooh
    Pint

    Misnomer Alert

    "3-Level Cells" = 3‑bits/cell, that is 8 Levels

    "4-Level Cells" = 4‑bits/cell, that is 16 Levels

    To be pedantic, storing 3 bits per cell requires eight (voltage) 'Levels'. Storing 4 bits per cell requires sixteen (voltage) 'Levels'.

    Somebody screwed-up this 'Levels' nomenclature at the outset of this MLC technology.

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