From Tom's Hardware: When Micron officially announced first generation 3D NAND flash technology, the company claimed this would lead to 3.5 TB gum stick-sized SSDs and more than 10 TB standard 2.5-inch SSDs. In our latest briefing, we learned more about the technology that will bring these products to reality.
Most flash sold today is planar (2D), like a single story home. The technology progressed by fitting more bits in the same amount of space. To do so, the size and the distance between each bit needed to shrink. 3D technology increases density by building layers of cells vertically, like a skyscraper. The vertical skyscraper holds more data in the same footprint than a single story structure.
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