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Intel and Micron Technology introduced the industry’s first 34nm 32 gigabit (Gb) NAND chip. The new 34nm process technology was jointly developed by Intel and Micron and manufactured by the companies’ NAND flash joint venture – IM Flash Technologies. It is currently the smallest NAND process geometry on the market. You can expect shipments of this new chip to begin in June with mass production during the second half of this year.

According to the Intel press release, the new 34 nm 32Gb chips were “designed with solid-state drives in mind.” The new NAND flash chips will enable more cost effective SSDs – doubling the current storage capacities that are available today and delivering capacities greater than 256GBs in current 1.8 inch SSDs. You can expect to find these 32Gb NAND chips in the upcoming Intel SSD drives that were announced earlier.

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