Intel and Micron are about to introduce a new type of cheaper flash memory, a Multi Level Cell (MLC) technology that stores three bits per cell instead of the usual two. This is good to lower price and increase the capacity of the chips substantially but may cause adverse effects in the number of cycles the Flash chip can endure.
It will also be slower to write to than the current 2-bit MLC Flash, which should be fine for some applications but may cause performance problems when used in SSD drives.
Normal MLC chips can store four different values per cell, these new chips will be able to store eight different values, which translates into two times the capacity per chip. The extra capacity allows for extra redundancy, which may help make up for the larger error ocurrance in the cells - this, in turn, helps lower cost.
Via VR-Zone
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