back to article Flash breaks free from the storage flat earth society

NAND used to be the sole prerogative of a two-dimensional flat earth society obsessed with shrinkage, but that approach is running into a technological dead end. To get more capacity the only feasible escape is upwards, using the third dimension and stacking layers of 2D flash to build multi-layered chips. The dead end is …

  1. Conundrum1885

    Re. 3D

    Are these chips resistant to radiation?

    1. Pascal Monett Silver badge

      You can always house them in a Faraday cage.

  2. Francis Boyle Silver badge

    New Acronym

    Write Once Read Seldom if Ever. Just what Facebook needs.

    Probably won't catch on, though.

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