Just How Remarkable Is Micron's 176-Layer 3D Flash Memory?

Flash memory used to be built in two dimensions. But a few years ago, we bumped up against the laws of physics and couldn't add capacity by making memory cells smaller. So we started adding capacity by building upward.

Now, we're building flash devices with an amazing 176 layers of cells. This is, literally, a towering human achievement! But normally, all this is far too small to see without the aid of an electron microscope. Micron's Rebecca Lewington thought it would be fun to use human-scale wooden bricks – a lot of bricks – to show just what an incredible feat of nanoscale engineering Micron's engineers and scientists have achieved. Watch the video to see how incredible!

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[beatnikseed]

Probably the best way to explain NAND at family dinners!

[j.d.]

The biggest problem I see with this technology is the limitations of wooden Jenga blocks.

[ameliabuns]

God I hope this actually means something for us can't wait to get cheaper SSDs. I hate using hard drives for anything but pictured and movies

The new tech they have I mean