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Micron Technology — Flash Memory Summit 2008

38 slides from Micron Technology's conference presentation, August 2008

  1. Slide 1: A Closer Look at NAND Flash

    A Closer Look at NAND Flash Dean Klein Vice President of Memory System Development © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Products are warranted only to meet Micron’s production data sheet specifications. Information, products, and/or specifications are subject to change without notice.

  2. Slide 2: NAND World Dominance

    NAND World Dominance July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 2

  3. Slide 3: Now, let's be honest.

    Now, let’s be honest. It’s not about write cycles. It’s about usage scenarios and choosing the “write” NAND for the application. July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 3

  4. Slide 4: Now, let's be brutally honest.

    Now, let’s be brutally honest. 80 DRAM % Pitch (nm) NAND Flash technology -F (nm) 68 70 58 60 61 50 50 45 40 40 45 36 40 31 30 38 30 25 32 28 26 20 22 20 10 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR SEMICONDUCTORS 2007 EDITION PROCESS INTEGRATION, DE

  5. Slide 5: Micron 34nm, 32Gbit NAND

    Micron 34nm, 32Gbit NAND Approximately 1.6 terabytes of NAND per wafer July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 5

  6. Slide 6: Rapid Scaling Driving Early Learning

    Rapid Scaling Driving Early Learning 2004 90nm Isolation 2005 72nm 2006 50nm 2007 3Xnm 2008 2Xnm July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 6

  7. Slide 7: Comparative Memory Cells

    Comparative Memory Cells Cell Size (u2) Tech Node (nm) Cell size (F2) Endurance IBM/Infineon MRAM 0.74 130 44 Excellent Freescale 6T-SRAM 0.69 65 163 Excellent Intel 45nm 6T-SRAM 0.27 45 135 Excellent Freescale TFS: Nanocrystaline 0.13 90 16 Unknown Freescale eDRAM 0.12 65 28 Excellent Samsung 512Mb

  8. Slide 8: Straight Talk: Bits vs. Shrink

    Straight Talk: Bits vs. Shrink July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 8

  9. Slide 9: bits, bits, bits a dollar?

    2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits a dollar? All for NAND, stand up & holler • Scaled Cell Sizes: 34nm 43nm 56nm @ 2-bits/cell @ 2-bits/cell =2312nm2/bit @ 3-bits/cell =3698nm2/bit =4181nm2/bit July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 9

  10. Slide 10: NAND Will Adapt to the Market

    NAND Will Adapt to the Market 40,000 35,000 Other 30,000 Non-Mobile Flash Cards NAND in Billions of MB 25,000 Mobile Handsets 20,000 15,000 USB Drives 10,000 MP3 Players (Flash based) 5,000 SSD 00 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Source: iSuppli JAN 08 July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 10

  11. Slide 11: Getting dialed in on the applications

    Getting dialed in on the applications • Interfaces optimizations • Process optimizations • Controller optimizations • Design optimizations July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 11

  12. Slide 12: NAND Optimizations: ONFI 2.0 HS-NAND

    NAND Optimizations: ONFI 2.0 HS-NAND Standard High Speed Feature NAND NAND “Standard” Asynchronous Interface Yes Yes Synchronous Interface No Yes tRC ≥ 25ns (SDR) 7.5ns (DDR) tWC ≥ 25ns (SDR) 7.5ns (DDR) Standardized ONFI 1.0 ONFI 2.0 A natural extension Scalable to higher performance No Yes to Stan

  13. Slide 13: Interface Optimization: Performance Comparison

    Interface Optimization: Performance Comparison High Speed Traditional NAND SLC NAND MLC NAND MLC NOR Read Performance 200 MB/sec 40 MB/sec 33 MB/sec 103 MB/sec Write Performance 100 MB/sec 15 MB/sec 3.5 MB/sec < 1 MB/sec Erase Performance 1.5 ms 1.5 ms 2 ms 900 ms July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, I

  14. Slide 14: Solid State Drives

    Solid State Drives July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 14

  15. Slide 15: Gartner's Hype Cycle for PC Technologies 2007

    Gartner’s Hype Cycle for PC Technologies 2007 SSD’s July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 15

  16. Slide 16: Gartner's Hype Cycle for PC Technologies 2008

    Gartner’s Hype Cycle for PC Technologies 2008 SSD’s July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 16

  17. Slide 17: SSD Cost Parity?

    SSD Cost Parity? 1.8" HDD $ / Gb 2.5" HDD SSD 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 17

  18. Slide 18: Why SSD's? Performance

    Why SSD’s? • Performance July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 18

  19. Slide 19: SSD – Performance

    SSD – Performance July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 19

  20. Slide 20: The CPU-Storage Gap

    The Storage Gap The CPU-Storage Gap July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 20

  21. Slide 21: SSDs in Computing

    SSDs in Computing CPU Relative Relative Latency Cost/bit 1 L1 Cache 1,800 2.5 L2 Cache 1,400 1,200 DRAM 10 NAND 25,000 25,000,000 SSD HDD 3 1 NAND Flash Closes the Latency Gap Cost/bit Data as of November 2007 July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 21

  22. Slide 22: Why SSD's? Performance, Power

    Why SSD’s? • Performance • Power July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 22

  23. Slide 23: SSD – Energy

    SSD – Energy July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 23

  24. Slide 24: Notebooks: SSD's Can Improve Battery Life

    Notebooks: SSD’s Can Improve Battery Life A recent editorial review highlighted that power consumption increases when solid state drives are used in today’s notebook computers. Power HDD SSD July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 24

  25. Slide 25: Notebooks: SSD's Can Improve Battery Life

    Notebooks: SSD’s Can Improve Battery Life A recent editorial review highlighted that power consumption decreases when solid state drives are used in today’s notebook computers. Power HDD SSD July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 25

  26. Slide 26: Notebooks: SSD's Can Improve Battery Life

    Notebooks: SSD’s Can Improve Battery Life • Requirements: ‣ A well-designed SSD Efficient Wear Management Algorithms An Efficient Controller ‣ Notebook Optimizations for SSD’s ‣ Operating System Improvements New SATA commands: ID and Trim Disable Defrag July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 26

  27. Slide 27: SSDs do more with less power

    SSD: Power and Performance SSDs do more with less power July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 27

  28. Slide 28: Why SSD's? Performance, Power, Reliability

    Why SSD’s? • Performance • Power • Reliability July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 28

  29. Slide 29: SSD – Reliability

    SSD – Reliability July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 29

  30. Slide 30: Cost of Ownership Analysis from SSDs in Notebooks

    Cost of Ownership Analysis from SSDs in Notebooks Notebooks at Micron: Higher Reliability 2000 units $208,300 Avg lifespan of notebook: 36 months Increased User Productivity % of employees w/notebook that would benefit from an SSD: + $415,775 75% Increased Battery IT hours to repair HDD failure: Eff

  31. Slide 31: SSD's are not just for Notebooks

    SSD’s are not just for Notebooks • Industrial Applications • VOD and IPTV • Enterprise July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 31

  32. Slide 32: HDD & SSD in the Enterprise Server Market

    HDD & SSD in the Enterprise Server Market July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 32

  33. Slide 33: HDD & SSD in the Enterprise Server Market

    HDD & SSD in the Enterprise Server Market July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 33

  34. Slide 34: Making SSD's Enterprise-Ready

    Making SSD’s Enterprise-Ready • Performance • Power • Reliability • Endurance July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 34

  35. Slide 35: Endurance: Wear Leveling

    Endurance: Wear Leveling July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 35

  36. Slide 36: July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc.

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  37. Slide 37: July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc.

    July 08 © 2008 Micron Technology, Inc. | 37

  38. Slide 38: Micron

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