… With Partner SanDisk
Production targeted for 2016
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on March 30, 2015 at 2:54 pmSanDisk Corporation has developed its 48-layer second generation 3D NAND, also referred to as BiCS2.
Pilot production will commence as planned in the second half of 2015 in the Yokkaichi joint venture facility, with meaningful commercial production targeted for 2016.
“We are very pleased to announce our second generation 3D NAND, which is a 48-ayer architecture developed with our partner Toshiba,” said Dr. Siva Sivaram, EVP, memory technology, SanDisk. “We utilized our first generation 3D NAND technology as a learning vehicle, enabling us to develop our commercial second generation 3D NAND, which we believe will deliver compelling storage solutions for our customers.“
SanDisk plans to use the second generation 3D NAND technology across a broad range of solutions, from removable products to enterprise SSDs.