Q1 2026 is shaping up to be a turning point for NAND memory pricing, driven by tight supply, disciplined production, and sustained demand from AI and enterprise storage. As Q1 2026 unfolds, the NAND flash memory market is no longer quietly recovering — it is actively tightening. After more than a year of inventory corrections […]
NAND flash feels instant, but it isn’t — and that gap is where the stutters come from. Modern devices feel fast. Phones boot quickly. Files copy in seconds. Apps install while you’re barely paying attention. So it’s easy to assume that the memory underneath it all is operating at nanosecond speeds. Here’s the quiet truth: […]
Micron has introduced two new tech products: a tiny flash storage device for phones and a big memory chip for Nvidia GPUs. Micron, which makes and sells SSDs, created a flash chip that’s super small but packs a punch. It’s like a supercharged version of the standard UFS 4.0 device, only about the size of […]
KV-CSD is an acronym for Key Value Store Computational Storage Device and Hynix a NAND memory manufacturer is directing their technology towards this storage approach. Here at GetUSB.info we focus on NAND memory and typically look at the write speeds of devices. However, for data centers and analytic companies, the ability to retrieve data is […]
Micron announced the industry’s first 3D NAND memory device with 232 layers on Thursday. The company intends to use its new 232-layer 3D NAND products for a variety of applications, including solid-state drives, and expects to begin mass production of such chips in late 2022. Micron’s 232-layer 3D NAND device has a raw capacity of […]
3D NAND was developed in response to the scaling limitations of 2D NAND memory. The layers in 3D NAND were flipped from horizontal to vertical orientation and strings of them were built to form a tower. By changing the direction of how the cells are configured created opportunity to increase storage capacity, reduce size of […]
Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) has announced the availability of a sample of the world’s first vertically-integrated 176-layer NAND solid-state drive (SSD) for data center applications. This new data center SSD features Micron’s industry-leading NAND with 176 layers of storage cells and proven CMOS-under-the-array technology for an ultra-efficient design. Last year, organizations that used high […]
Micron plans to close Shanghai DRAM operations and focus more on NAND memory market. Micron Memory, a USB semiconductor company based out of Boise ID, is reportedly planning to close their Shanghai operations which uses technology resources to develop DRAM technology. I source not willing to comment indicates a lack of talent or “loss of […]
NAND memory and flash drives are usually hot in Oct through Dec, but this year it might be different. It seems the price of flash is dropping according to Digitimes. Apparently, growth of NAND Flash has been limited this year, especially amid lessened flash memory card and USB drive shipments. This led to a veritable […]
3 bit-per-cell NAND is sampled out the manufacturers. The 3 bit per cell is exactly that, 3 bits of information are stored in each NAND cell. This increased the capacity while keeping the foot print the same size. This ultimately leads to larger storage capacity at a cheaper price. Traditionally, SLC [Single Layer Cell] and […]
