New flash technology promises millions of writes, centuries of use

A Japanese team has developed a Ferroelectric flash memory technology which they claim will allow flash to last hundreds of years and endure millions of writes. It's unknown how fast and how cheap it will be, but we may well find out in the next few years, as the industry may be forced to transition by failure of older technology to scale down.Read More...

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SanDisk claims hundredfold flash speed boost for writes Created 2 weeks 2 days ago

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Over a month ago, Intel promised to accelerate the introduction of a new generation of fast, high-density flash chips for use in SSDs. The Intel/Micron joint flash venture delivered on that promise on Thursday, and now it's up to Intel to convince customers that the SSD is ready for the enterprise.Read More...

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