508: Chapter 508 128 Layers of Stacked Flash Layers

"Considering that ours is truly too far ahead of UFS 2.0, to prevent any confusion, we have named this technology the TFS 2.0 standard."

As he said this, the entire live stream chat took off.

"Transsion is back at it again with its familiar standard-setting."

"This technology is truly in a league of its own! I reckon President Huang is already preparing his sacks."

"Does this count as random retaliation against the United States' tech crackdown?"

"Don't say that, it's clearly because Transsion thinks they are harvesting leeks too slowly... so they're putting pressure on their researchers."

"Sigh, such good technology, it probably won't be cheap."

"Say what you will, we are in China; sooner or later, there will come a time when this technology is dirt cheap, and we can scoop it up then."

The press conference was very casual. Professor Li Jiahui even paused for a moment to look at the chat, then said nonchalantly:

"This technology will indeed be very expensive for the next two years because our production also requires significant costs, but please rest assured, we have also prepared a Youth Edition.

But even our TFS 1.5 is much stronger than their UFS 2.0."

"Another point I want to mention is that we have conquered 128-layer 3D NAND stacking technology, doubling the service life while actually reducing power consumption by 10%."

As for 3D NAND stacking technology, China Star is the pioneer in this field.

However, their competitor Samsung would not stop either; they had already launched the first NAND Flash Memory based on this technology last year, although what they launched back then was 24-layer stacking technology.

This year, they planned for 32-layer stacking technology.

At that time, the entire international media was filled with reports about their lead, and the international community was claiming that Samsung had snatched back the pricing power of Flash Memory from Transsion!

But now, everyone had a clearer answer regarding the gap between the two companies.

It was the gap between bronze ware and firearms.

At this moment, Samsung's Lee Jae-yong had already decided to convene a meeting immediately, but he couldn't bear to step away from the computer because Professor Li Jiahui was still dropping new bombshells:

"I mentioned earlier that we have already achieved mass production. I can briefly describe the scale to you; currently, the first production line has finished ramping up capacity.

The monthly output is about 15 million units.

In Q3, the second production line will complete commissioning, and by then, the monthly capacity will exceed 30 million."

...

For the next half hour, international peers understood what it felt like to have every day feel like a year.

All sorts of black technologies were pulled out as if they were free.

Finally, there was the pricing they were most worried about!

Transsion had just suffered a major loss, so they might take action on pricing... and at that point, their Flash Memory business would collapse across the board.

"Of course, to leave a path to survival for our international peers, our TFS 2.0's lowest configuration is 4GB of RAM, priced at 450 yuan.

The Youth Edition has about 60% of the performance of the standard version and is priced at 280 yuan.

Meanwhile, the cheaper 3GB version is 220 yuan."

...

After the prices were announced, the press conference officially ended, but the heat on the internet had only just begun.

#Transsion TFS 2.0#

#China Conquers 128-Layer Flash Memory Stacking Technology#

#Flash Memory Pricing Power Falls Back Into China's Hands#

Almost immediately after the press conference ended, Digital Chat Station posted a new leak:

"I can only say that this technology breakthrough came a bit early; I first got my hands on the engineering prototype in March.

How fast is the read speed? It only takes 10 seconds to download honor of kings; gamers are in for a treat.

The only downside is that the pricing is relatively expensive, but the Youth Edition is still worth getting."

"But Station Brother, there's no matching storage; can you optimize this product!"

Digital Chat Station: "Storage is being accelerated, and computer-grade is also being accelerated.

Besides, there are many other good things in the China Star laboratory."

Following Digital Chat Station's reply, the already lively comment section became even livelier.

"Awesome! With China Star in the storage industry, this speed is truly too fast. The international supply chain only popularized 2.0 last year, and this year, China Star directly added a 1 to it.

I just don't know if they are happy about it."

"Fake, it must be fake.

Don't you know why their storage breakthrough was so fast? Because they bought all Samsung particles; the so-called domestic chips are actually just trash."

Just as all the bloggers were speculating, Dami Reviews also stepped up and said: "Many bloggers previously said that I, Dami, am a dog raised by Transsion.

I can't speak to that, but I did indeed receive samples from Transsion.

I also dismantled them, and I can confirm that Transsion has indeed solved the 128-layer stacking technology; furthermore, this technology is very advanced.

By the way, a word of advice: if you have the capability, before President Huang starts crashing the market, you might want to buy some short orders of storage companies."

With these bloggers taking action, the Flash Memory industry underwent a complete transformation.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean in Boise, Idaho.

Micron headquarters.

In Laboratory No. 1, CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, to show his seriousness regarding the rumors, rushed to the laboratory immediately.

But when he handed the parameters to the technical vice president next to him, the other person was also stunned.

"Impossible... absolutely impossible..."

This technical vice president was so scared that he was incoherent and didn't even dare to say much.

"Our 3.0 standard is only at 60%, and the prototype chip won't be taped out until at least Q4 next year.

As for large-scale verification tape-out, it won't be until 2016 at the earliest; how could they possibly go straight to mass production?

And this is 128-layer stacking technology; we have only just touched the threshold of 32... How is this possible?"

At this moment, the technical vice president was completely terrified.

Micron was definitely the biggest loser in this struggle; after all, in the storage market, they were already a step below Samsung.

They were basically surviving on China's low-to-mid-end market and local orders in the United States, and now Transsion had directly brought out a product that was ahead by who knows how many generations... and had set a very low price.

Micron's mid-to-high-end product line was effectively sentenced to death.

Just as he was trying to figure out a response strategy, the laboratory phone rang.

"Sanjay, I am very dissatisfied with your work."

"I want to know why, as CEO, you didn't know the enemy's R&D path? Such an important matter... until they successfully mass-produced it, you didn't receive the news.

Are you being negligent in your duties?"

"Bo... Board... I..."

"There is nothing to explain; if you cannot handle this matter well, you can get out."

"I have to deal with the company's stock issues right now; that greedy stray dog Zhang Tianya has already bought 2 billion US dollars in short orders.

If not handled well, we will suffer heavy losses this time."