Western Digital Announces Industry’s First 96-Layer 3D NAND Technology
June 27 2017 - 4:55PM
Business Wire
Enhances Storage Leadership in 3D NAND
Technology
Technology and Operational Execution Remains
Strong
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), a global data
storage technology and solutions leader, today announced that it
has successfully developed its next-generation 3D NAND technology,
BiCS4, with 96 layers of vertical storage capability. Sampling to
OEM customers is expected to commence in the second half of
calendar year 2017 and initial production output is expected in
calendar year 2018. BiCS4, which was developed jointly with Western
Digital's technology and manufacturing partner Toshiba Corporation,
will be initially deployed in a 256-gigabit chip and will
subsequently ship in a range of capacities, including a terabit on
a single chip.
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Western Digital Corp. announces
development of its next-generation 3D NAND technology, BiCS4, with
96 layers of vertical storage capability. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“Our successful development of the industry’s first 96-layer 3D
NAND technology demonstrates Western Digital’s continued leadership
in NAND flash and solid execution to our technology roadmap,” said
Dr. Siva Sivaram, executive vice president of memory technology at
Western Digital. “BiCS4 will be available in 3-bits-per-cell and
4-bits-per-cell architectures, and it contains technology and
manufacturing innovations to provide the highest 3D NAND storage
capacity, performance and reliability at an attractive cost for our
customers. Western Digital’s 3D NAND portfolio is designed to
address the full range of end markets spanning consumer, mobile,
computing and data center.”
The company also highlighted strong ongoing operations at its
joint venture manufacturing facilities in Japan. In particular, the
company reiterated its expectation that in calendar year 2017, the
output mix of its 64-layer 3D NAND technology, BiCS3, will comprise
more than 75 percent of its overall 3D NAND bit supply. The company
now believes that, along with its partner Toshiba Corporation, the
combined 64-layer 3D NAND bit output of the joint ventures in
calendar year 2017 will be higher than any other industry supplier
in calendar year 2017.
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.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including expectations for 3D NAND technology, including its
development, timing for initial output, commercial volume
production, product sampling and shipment, capabilities,
performance improvements, applications, capacities, customers,
Western Digital’s position in NAND flash and execution to its
technology roadmap, operations at its joint venture manufacturing
facilities in Japan and output mix of its BiCS3 that are based on
current expectations. There are a number of risks and uncertainties
that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate
including, among others: 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.
Western Digital is a registered trademark or trademark of
Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or
other countries. All other marks are the property of their
respective owners. © 2017 Western Digital Corporation or its
affiliates. All rights reserved.
1 – 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less.
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