56nm flash memory chips from Sandisk, Toshiba

• SanDisk Corp. said today that it expects to launch 56nm multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory chips this month with Toshiba Corp.
• After qualifying limited engineering samples, SanDisk said itplans to introduce the new 8Gbit (1GByte) single-chip, MLC NAND flash memory on 56nm process technology in the coming weeks, with commercial shipments slated for later in Q1.
• In Q2, the company said it expects to introduce monolithic 16Gbit (2GB) NAND, which, it said, will be the highest density single-chip MLC NAND flash memory in the industry.

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