3D NAND: Who Will Make It and When?

SK hynix 3D NAND Cross Section(The following is an update of a post that originally ran on 13 December 2013.  It was republished in 2024 as a part of a series on The Memory Guy blog to honor the 3D NAND inventors who have received the 2024 FMS Lifetime Achievement Award.)


This series, originally run in 2013, has looked at 3D NAND technology in a good deal of technical depth.  At that time, the last question to be answered centered around the players and the timing that the technology would Continue reading “3D NAND: Who Will Make It and When?”

How Do You Erase and Program 3D NAND?

How FN Tunneling Works. Cross section of a floating gate transistor. A word balloon on the control gate says "Strong Positive Potential", and word balloons on the source and drain say "Strong Negative Potential." Arrows show how the current would travel from the source and drain through the tunnel oxide to leave electrons on the floating gate, indicated by little circles, as the current tried to reach the control gate.

(The following is an update of a post that originally ran on 29 November 2013.  It was republished in 2024 as a part of a series to honor the 3D NAND inventors who have received the 2024 FMS Lifetime Achievement Award.)


Some of my readers have asked: “How is 3D NAND Continue reading “How Do You Erase and Program 3D NAND?”

An Alternative Kind of Vertical 3D NAND String

Samsung's TCAT 3D NAND flash(The following is an update of a post that originally ran on 8 November 2013.  It was republished in 2024 as a part of a series to honor the 3D NAND inventors who have received the 2024 FMS Lifetime Achievement Award.)


My prior 3D NAND post explained how Toshiba’s BiCS cell works, using a silicon nitride charge trap to substitute for a floating gate.  This post will look at an alternative Continue reading “An Alternative Kind of Vertical 3D NAND String”

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