Western Digital 96-Layer 3D NAND Recognized as ‘Best of Show’ at the Flash Memory Summit
August 10 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Significant Advancement in 3D NAND
Technology Honored for Innovation and Broad Impact to
Industry
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), a global data storage
technology and solutions leader, today announced that it has
received the Flash Memory Summit ‘Best of Show’ award for the
company’s BiCS4 technology, the world’s first 3D NAND technology
with 96 layers of vertical storage capability. The honor, received
in the “Technology” category, recognizes innovations that will
“change the way flash memory works and is used in products.” The
recipients of this award are distinguished by significant
differentiation of their intellectual property and patents from
competing technologies in the flash memory industry.
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Western Digital’s BiCS4 technology, the
world’s first 3D NAND technology with 96 layers of vertical storage
capability, honored (Photo: Business Wire)
“Our successful development of the world’s first 96-layer 3D
NAND technology underscores Western Digital’s ongoing leadership in
NAND flash and is a major milestone for continued NAND flash
scaling,” said Jian Chen, senior vice president of memory
technology at Western Digital. “BiCS4 provides superior capacity,
density, performance and reliability for customers across a broad
range of applications and allows us to keep pace with the
escalating storage requirements of today’s data-centric world.”
Western Digital’s BiCS4 technology is the latest in a series of
NAND flash “industry firsts” going back nearly three decades. These
include development of the world’s first 64-layer 3D NAND
technology in July 2016 and the world’s first 48-layer 3D NAND
technology in 2015 and introductions of the industry’s first
two-bits-per-cell (X2) and three-bits-per-cell (X3) technologies,
among others. Last month, the company also announced the
development of its first four-bits-per-cell (X4) 3D NAND
technology.
“3D NAND is taking the market by storm, addressing a full range
of end markets including consumer, mobile, computing and data
center,” said Jay Kramer, chairman of the Flash Memory Summit
Awards Program and president of Network Storage Advisors, Inc. “We
are proud to recognize Western Digital’s 96 Layer 3D NAND BiCS4 for
its innovation as the industry’s first 3D NAND technology with 96
layers of vertical storage capability. The 96 layers will enable
new levels of storage capacity, density, performance and
reliability to meet the future application needs of the
marketplace.”
The presentation of the Flash Memory Summit award highlights the
culmination of a strong presence at the Flash Memory Summit 2017
this week, including a keynote presentation by Western Digital
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Martin Fink
entitled, “Toward a Memory-centric Architecture.” Fink addressed
how today’s Big Data and Fast Data applications are driving the
need for purpose-built, data-centric compute architectures based on
open standards and industry-wide innovation. Other company
highlights at the show included demonstration of the company’s
first SSD based on X4 technology, recognition by IT Brand Pulse in
their “PCIe NVMe Card – SSD” awards category and numerous Western
Digital speakers and managed sessions on a wide range of topics
including NVMe, maximizing SSD performance for critical
applications and persistent memory.
About Western Digital
Western Digital is an industry-leading provider of storage
technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage,
experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing
market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling,
high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused innovation,
high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed
under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs, distributors,
resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. Financial
and investor information is available on the company's Investor
Relations website at investor.wdc.com
© Western Digital is a trademarks of Western Digital Corporation
or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. All other marks
are the property of their respective owners.
Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is the seller of record and
licensee in the Americas of SanDisk® products.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including statements concerning our 3D NAND technology, including
its capacity, performance and capabilities, our product development
efforts, market positioning, growth opportunities and market
trends. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that may
cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including,
among others: uncertainties with respect to the company's business
ventures with our joint venture partner; volatility in global
economic conditions; business conditions and growth in the storage
ecosystem; impact of competitive products and pricing; market
acceptance and cost of commodity materials and specialized product
components; actions by competitors; unexpected advances in
competing technologies; our development and introduction of
products based on new technologies and expansion into new data
storage markets; risks associated with acquisitions, mergers and
joint ventures; difficulties or delays in manufacturing; and other
risks and uncertainties listed in the company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the
company's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 8, 2017, to which
your attention is directed. You should not place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances.
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