05-13-2020, 08:07 AM
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-...ane-pcie-4
Quote:Going along with the current trend in NAND, Intel is stacking its flash memory to 144 layers. The technology is codenamed Keystone Harbor, and SSDs based on it are slated to debut in 2021.
However, Intel's plans for its SSDs don't end at high layer counts. According to Block & Files, Intel is also developing an SSD technology that stores five bits per cell, known as PLC. Few details are available at this time.
Intel's method of stacking memory cells up to 144 layers isn't unlike the work of Samsung's work in stacked NAND. Samsung is reportedly accelerating the development of 160-layer NAND using a "Double-Stack" technique. Chinese company YMTC is also building 128-layer QLC NAND using its own "Xtacking 2.0" architecture.