NAND flash memory is used in most of our gadgets and toys like MP3 players, tablet PC’s and computer SSD’s. While the technology makes storing information easy and simple to use over analog devices, it does have one drawback; lifespan. Flash memory has a finite number of program-erase cycles and many available flash products are said to withstand around 100,000 program-erase cycles, before the wear begins to deteriorate the integrity of the storage. Micron Technology has announced what appears to be life extension for flash memory with their introduction of ClearNAND. Micron has designed ClearNAND to remove the error correction code (ECC) burden from the host processor that includes a 24 bit error correction in each memory module with minimal protocol changes in comparison to raw NAND. Engineering samples are available now in 25nm sizes at 8, 16 and 32GB respectively. To get a more in-depth view on Micron’s ClearNAND please visit: http://www.micron.com/products/nand_flash/clearnand.html
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