Western Digital and Kioxia solve contamination issue affecting NAND fabs in Japan
The facilities will ramp back up to full capacity by June
Kioxia and Western Digital lose 6.5 exabytes of 3D NAND to contamination
The companies' SSD prices could be affected
Micron starts shipping its 176-Layer QLC SSD, available in a tiny form factor with 2TB of storage
The Micron 2400 series is a world first
Intel closes on first phase to sell SSD business to SK Hynix
Intel collects $7 billion, with an additional $2 billion coming in 2025
Phison's new PCIe 5.0 NAND controller paves the way for faster SSDs
SSDs capable of speeds of up to 16 GB per second are coming in 2022
China's YMTC has started mass production of 128-layer 3D NAND memory
This is what China closing the gap looks like
WD's new 20TB HDDs combine 9 spinning platters with iNAND UFS memory
Unlike traditional SSHDs that store user data on faster memory, these drives store metadata from HDD ops to boost performance
Western Digital reportedly in advanced talks to merge with Kioxia
The two companies combined would be the same size as Samsung
X-NAND promises QLC memory that works at SLC speeds
The new technology is one step closer to becoming a reality
NAND flash prices expected to rise up to 8 percent next quarter
Due to oversupply easing
SSD prices could drop as much as 15 percent next quarter due to continued NAND flash oversupply
Cheaper SSDs are expected in Q1 2021
Micron is now shipping the world's first 176-layer 3D NAND flash memory
That's a lot of layers
Intel is selling its NAND business to SK Hynix for $9 billion
Optane isn't part of the deal, though
SSD prices to fall 10-15 percent in Q4 as memory market remains saturated
Excess inventory means lower prices for consumers
Toshiba's former memory business, Kioxia, files for IPO in Japan
Once a successful arm of Toshiba, Kioxia looks to go public this year
RAM and SSD prices will soon plummet due to oversupply and weak demand
Get ready to upgrade your PC
Samsung said to be developing industry's first 160-layer NAND flash memory chip
Samsung is feeling the heat on the memory market
China's biggest chipmaker takes on Samsung with 128-layer QLC NAND
SSD prices could go down as a result
Samsung suffers power outage at Hwaseong fab, halting NAND and DRAM production
Downtime is expected to last three days
Samsung is pouring $8 billion towards new NAND factory in China
This could make SSDs cheaper
Samsung launches sixth-generation V-NAND with performance and efficiency improvements
Four months ahead of schedule
Power outage causes Toshiba and Western Digital to lose 6 exabytes of NAND
Production won't resume as usual until mid-July
Intel to retake 'world's largest chipmaker' title back from Samsung as memory market declines
Other big memory suppliers could also be affected