How does NAND Flash Work? Reading from TLC : Triple Level Cells || Exploring Solid State Drives

You can hold all the data in the American Library of Congress AND all the data from Wikipedia on a small stack of solid-state drives especially considering a single SSD's capacity can reach up to 30 TB of data. In this video, we'll explore how tens of terabytes can be crammed into such a small space. This technology is called 3D NAND, and specifically, we'll explore the physics and concepts on how 3 bits of information can be written to and read from individual cells. Video Sponsor: Visit KIOXIA's website to see their lineup of solid-state drives: https://business.kioxia.com/en-us/ssd/enterprise-ssd/cm6-r.html Do you want to support in-depth engineering and technology education? Support us on: https://www.patreon.com/brancheducation Website: https://www.branch.education On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BranchEducation/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeddyTablante On Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brancheducation/ Or Join us on YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ/join Script, Modelling, Animation, Editing- Teddy Tablante Twitter: @teddytablante Voice Over- Phil Lee Table of Contents: 00:00 - Setting up the Puzzle 01:26 - Microchips in the SSD 02:00 - Layout of Millions of Memory Cells 03:20 - What's a Threshold Voltage? 04:53 - Function of the Charge Trap 06:05 - Quick Recap 06:37 - Storing 1 Bit of Info 08:12 - Exploring a KIOXIA SSD 09:21 - Storing 3 Bits of Information 11:04 - Storing Information in Pages 12:16 - Wrap-up This video is part of a series that intends to thoroughly explain how SSDs, and more specifically how 3D NAND works. These are the episodes in the series: 1) Overview of SSDs and 3D NAND: https://youtu.be/5Mh3o886qpg 2) Abridged overview of SSDs: https://youtu.be/E7Up7VuFd8A 3) How information is written to a cell: https://youtu.be/5f2xOxRGKqk Key Branches from this video are Microchips, CPUs, Integrated Circuits, Erratum: 6min 49sec: Right side note should be "A LOT of extra" Animation built using Blender 2.82a https://www.blender.org/ Post with Adobe Premiere Pro Book References: Aritome, Seiichi. (2015). NAND flash memory technologies. IEEE Press Series on Microelectronic Systems. Wiley. [2nd most useful resource] Cai, Yu et al. (2013) Threshold Voltage Distribution in MLC NAND Flash Memory: Characterization Analysis, and Modeling. 2013 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition. IEEE. Micheloni, Rino. Marelli, Alessia. Eshghi, Kam. (2018) Inside solid state drives (SSDs) Second edition. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics Volume 37. Springer. [Most useful resource] Micheloni, Rino. (2017) Solid-state-drives (SSDs) Modeling, Simulation tools & strategies. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics Volume 58. Springer Micheloni, Rino (2016) 3D flash memories. Springer. Pierret, Robert F. (1996) Semiconductor Device Fundamentals. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. Prince, Betty. (2014) Vertical 3D Memory Technologies. Wiley Internet References: Crisp, Simon. (29/01/2018) Samsung SSD860 PRO 4TB SSD Review. Kitguru.net https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/simon-crisp/samsung-ssd860-pro-4tb-ssd-review/all/1/ (Accessed 07/05/2020) KIOXIA, Business Products, Enterprise SSD. https://business.kioxia.com/en-us/ssd/enterprise-ssd.html (Accessed09/30/2020) Mellor, Chris. (28/07/2016) QLC flash istricky stuff to make and use, so here's a primer. TheRegister.co.uk https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/28/qlc_flash_primer/ (Accessed 07/05/2020) Samsung Website. Samsung 1TB Details and Specifications www.samsung.com https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-860-evo-2-5--sata-iii-1tb-mz-76e1t0b-am/ (Accessed 07/05/2020) Shah, Dhiram. (27/02/2019) Samsung Begins Mass Production of Frist 512 GB eUFS3.0 for Next-Generation Mobile Devices. Fareastgizmos.com https://fareastgizmos.com/smartphone/samsung-begins-mass-production-of-first-512gb-eufs-3-0-for-next-generation-mobile-devices.php (Accessed 07/05/2020) Wikipedia contributors. "Charge Trap Flash." "Flash Memory." "Floating-gate Mosfet." "Samsung Electronics." "Solid-State drive." "Solid-state storage." "Three-dimensional integrated circuit." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Visited May, 2020 Yoon, Alex. (15/02/2018) Understanding Memory, An inside look at different memory types and how they work. Semiengineering.com https://semiengineering.com/whats-really-happening-inside-memory/ (Accessed 07/05/2020) #SSD #VNAND #3DNAND