19.1 A 128Gb MLC NAND-Flash device using 16nm planar cell

The aggressive scaling of NAND Flash memory technology — one that is even outpacing Moore's Law — has enabled very rapid cost-per-bit reduction, resulting in an explosion of systems utilizing this versatile memory technology. From removable media and personal music players to smart phones, tablets, and now personal computers and data center applications employing client and enterprise solid state drives (SSDs), NAND technology is making solid-state memory-based storage affordable.