Samsung K9DYGY8J5B-CCK0 236-Layers 3D NAND Flash Memory Floorplan Analysis

Ten months after Samsung’s 236-Layer (V8) TLC Vertical NAND (V-NAND) mass production milestone in November 2022, the 4 TB SSD 990 PRO is announced, in September 2023. This report presents a Memory Floorplan Analysis of the Samsung K9AKGD8J0B die found inside the Samsung K9DYGY8J5B-CCK0 package. The K9DYGY8J5B-CCK0 was extracted from the Samsung MZ-V9P4T0 990 PRO 4 TB SSD.
20Dec

Deep Dive Teardown of the Kioxia XD6 KXD6CRJJ3T84 SSD

The memory: non-volatile, logic, substrates and memory: volatile category had the greatest impact on the total estimated constructions cost. The cost of each category consists of: -memory: non-volatile ($190.74 –8x 512 GB 3D TLC NAND Flash), -logic ($12.04 –NVMeSSD controller), -substrates ($5.29 –main board), -memory: volatile ($6.54 –2 GB LPDDR4 SDRAM).
19Dec

3Q 2023 Smartphone AP Market Tracker

The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market gained 2% year-on-year in unit growth during Q3 2023 hinting at the anticipated industry recovery. The smartphone market received a seasonal boost from the latest Apple iPhone 15 series release.
19Dec