Hynix 48-GB Flash MCP

Hal_Porter writes to let us know that the third-largest NAND chip maker, Hynix, has announced they have stacked 24 flash chips in a 1.4mm thick multi-chip package. It's not entirely clear from the article whether the resulting 48-GB device is a proof of concept or a product. The article extrapolates to 384 GB of storage in a single package, sometime. Hal_Porter adds: "It's not clear if it's possible to write to them in parallel — if so the device should be pretty damn fast. The usual objection to NAND flash as a hard drive replacement is lifetime. NAND sectors can only be written 100,000 times or so before they wear out, but wear leveling can be done to spread writes evenly over at least each chip. I worked out that the lifetime should be much longer than a typical magnetic hard disk. There's no information on costs yet frankly and it sounds like an expensive proof of concept, but it shows you the sort of device that will take over from small hard disks in the next few years."

I, for one ...

[Anonymous Coward]

... welcome our new 48GB overlords.

Re:Why only 100,000 times

[Anonymous Coward]

The NAND gate is a union worker, also entitled to a smoke break every 3,000 write cycles.

implications of flashing

[one_who_uses_unix]

It used to be that there were serious implications if you engaged in flashing, potentially including jail time!

The world has come a long way when any geek can flash thousands of times and not have problems with his hard disk.

IPod

[dazedNconfuzed]

iPod Touch, meet Hynix 48-GB Flash MCP!

Nice Butt...

[eno2001]

...would you really want to buy something from a company named Hynix? At worst it sounds like a Unix that smells like ass. At best it sounds like a bunch of stoned Unix devels.

According to NASA

[brunes69]

Hynix, has announced they have stacked 24 flash chips in a 1.4mm thick multi-chip package

According to NASA, it may even be possible to stack 48 chips in a 2.8mm package. Scientists also speculate someday we may be able to achieve up to 240 chips in a 14mm thick package.

Re:48 GB = 384Gb

[GenP]

I for one welcome our able-to-max-out-SATA NAND flash overlords.