US Department of Defense uses CHIPS Act funding to overcome technological ‘valley of death’

With the passing of the CHIPS and Science Act, the US Department of Defense has kick-started its ‘Microelectronics Commons’, according to a press release dated November 4 from the Department of Defense. It is described as a national network that will “create direct pathways to commercialization for US microelectronics researchers and designers.”

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Samsung Electronics begins mass production of 8th-Gen Vertical NAND

Samsung Electronics announced on Nov 7 at Flash Memory Summit 2022 and Samsung Memory Tech Day 2022 that it has begun mass producing a 1-terabit (Tb) triple-level cell (TLC) eighth-generation Vertical NAND (V-NAND) with the industry’s highest bit density. At 1Tb, the new V-NAND also features the highest storage capacity to date, enabling larger storage space in next-generation enterprise server systems worldwide.

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