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Nanochip Promises 100GB-per-chip Alternative to Flash Memory |
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Written by Daniel
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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
Intel and Nanochip team up to develop 100 gigabytes per chip
Tiago Marques (Blog) - January 28, 2008 12:08 PM
DailyTech
Nanochip, Inc., a Silicon Valley startup, has managed to raise $14 million in funding from Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, for further development of the MEMS technology.
You read it right: gigabytes, not gigabits.According to Nanochip (PDF), the technology isn't lithography constrained, allowing production of chips of more than 1GB in capacity, in plants that have already been deemed outdated by current standards.
The lack of lithography constraints means cheaper products, resulting in an opportunity to also replace flash memory, as the technology is also non-volatile.
Today's factories should be able to produce the first products, estimated at 100GB per chip, when the technology is expected to be unleashed for public consumption by 2010. The first samples will be available during 2009.[Comments] |
