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Intel-Micron Joint Venture Develops 25nm NAND
Ninjakicks writes "IM Flash Technologies is a joint venture between Intel and Micron that is targeted for producing NAND flash memory. With a focus on R&D, IMFT has doubled NAND density approximately every 18 months. Tomorrow IMFT will announce the launch of their 25 nanometer NAND technology — a major advancement in the semiconductor industry. Intel and Micron can now lay claim to the smallest production ready-semiconductor process technology in the world. IMFT took members of the press on a tour of the new 25nm fab and it's an interesting view into this bleeding-edge manufacturing process."
I think in that case, the hardware vendors simply released a product that wasn't ready for prime time. Possibly to try to recoup R&D costs. I can't imagine that they weren't aware of the performance issue with invalid page data.
Larger capacities made possible by this 25nm technology should help to alleviate the issue somewhat, or at least extend the time before it becomes noticeable. That plus support for the TRIM command should go a long way towards deflecting the issue.
Even when their designs were inferior to AMD's, they remained competitive because they could afford to paid off dell, HP, et al.
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Duh... shrink ray!