Intel and Micron Unveil 128Gb NAND Chip 133
ScuttleMonkey writes "A joint venture between Intel and Micron has given rise to a new 128 Gigabit die. While production wont start until next year, this little beauty sets new bars for capacity, speed, and endurance. 'Die shrinks also tend to reduce endurance, with old 65nm MLC flash being rated at 5,000-10,000 erase cycles, but that number dropping to 3,000-5,000 for 25nm MLC flash. However, IMFT is claiming that the shrink to 20nm has not caused any corresponding reduction in endurance. Its 20nm flash uses a Hi-K/metal gate design which allows it to make transistors that are smaller but no less robust. IMFT is claiming that this use of Hi-K/metal gate is a first for NAND flash production.'"
Re:Get ready for a new wave of poorly coded softwa (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, Java 1.2 ran like crap on my 133 MHz 5x68 with 16 MB of RAM in 1998, but today's Java isn't too bad on my dual Six Core CPUs with 32 GB of RAM.