Intel Says 3.5TB M.2 SSDs are coming along with 10TB 2.5-inch SSDs

Intel and Micron just announced the availability of their 3D NAND technology and noted how the stacked NAND design will lower power usage, improve performance and allow for three times higher capacities NAND per die! Right now the two companies are using 3D NAND technology to stack flash cells vertically in 32 layers to achieve 256Gb multilevel cell (MLC) and 384Gb triple-level cell (TLC) die that fit within a standard package. The 256Gb MLC version of 3D NAND is sampling with select partners today, and the 384Gb TLC design will be sampling later this spring.

With 384 Gb TLC capacity dies we were told that Intel and Micron will be able to create gum stick-sized SSDs with more than 3.5TB of storage (think M.2 SSDs) and your standard 2.5-inch notebook SSD will be able to hold more than 10TB of data!