Samsung Begins Industry's First Mass Production of QLC 9th-Gen V-NAND for AI Era
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Samsung Begins Industry's First Mass Production of QLC 9th-Gen V-NAND for AI Era

Latest QLC V-NAND combines several breakthrough technologies, including Channel Hole Etching that enables the highest layer count in the industry with double stack structure

Industry-first QLC and TLC 9th-gen V-NAND delivers optimum memory across various AI applications

SEOUL, South Korea — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 12, 2024 — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced it has begun mass production of its one-terabit (Tb) quad-level cell (QLC) 9th-generation vertical NAND (V-NAND).

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Samsung Begins Industry's First Mass Production of QLC 9th-Gen V-NAND for AI Era (Photo: Business Wire)

Samsung Begins Industry's First Mass Production of QLC 9th-Gen V-NAND for AI Era (Photo: Business Wire)

With the industry’s first mass production of QLC 9th-generation V-NAND, following the industry’s first triple-level cell (TLC) 9th-generation V-NAND production in April this year, Samsung is solidifying its leadership in the high-capacity, high-performance NAND flash market.

“Kicking off the successful mass production of QLC 9th-generation V-NAND just four months after the TLC version allows us to offer a full lineup of advanced SSD solutions that address the needs for the AI era,” said SungHoi Hur, Executive Vice President and Head of Flash Product & Technology at Samsung Electronics. “As the enterprise SSD market shows rapid growth with stronger demand for AI applications, we will continue to solidify our leadership in the segment through our QLC and TLC 9th-generation V-NAND.”

Samsung plans to expand applications of the QLC 9th-generation V-NAND, starting with branded consumer products and extending into mobile Universal Flash Storage (UFS), PCs and server SSDs for customers including cloud service providers.

Samsung's QLC 9th-generation V-NAND brings together a number of innovations that have produced technological breakthroughs:

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