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Efosa Udinmwen

Samsung's biggest memory rival has a clever plan to make SSDs bigger (but not cheaper) — split-cell 5-bit flash sounds like RAID-0 on hard drives, but for SSD

SK Hynix’s 5-bit flash.
  • SK Hynix split-cell 5-bit flash increases SSD density without significantly reducing production complexity
  • RAID-0-style parallelism in split-cell NAND boosts read speed dramatically
  • Each half-cell reduces voltage stress, extending the endurance of the five-bit flash

The NAND flash industry continues to search for ways to increase storage density as demand rises from data centers, consumer devices, and AI tools.

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