Intel, Micron Boost Flash Memory Speed by Five Times

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday February 1, 2008 @07:27PM from the fastest-draw-in-the-valley dept.

Lucas123 writes "IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture between Intel and Micron, announced they've been able to improve NAND memory and its circuitry in order to boost read/write speeds by five times their current ability. The new 8Gbit single-level cell, high-speed NAND chip will offer 200MB/sec read speeds and write speeds of up to 100MB/sec, which means faster data transfer between devices like solid-state drives and video cards. IM Flash Technologies plans to begin shipping the new chip later this year."

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Re:Video cards? by repvik · 2008-02-01 19:47 · Score: 4, Informative

Yes, video cards need fast RAM. If you haven't noticed, this article is about flash memory, not RAM. If you shove this crap into a video card, you'll be going a helluvalot slower than you are today ;)