QLC NAND Flash Memory

176-Layer Quad-Level Cell NAND Technology

Micron’s 176-layer QLC NAND is a groundbreaking achievement that delivers a layer count and density unprecedented in QLC NAND flash. With its market-leading data density and best-in-class performance, Micron 176-layer QLC NAND enables greater storage density and design flexibility than ever before.

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An Industry First, Again!

Following Micron’s delivery of the industry’s first 176-layer TLC NAND last year, Micron is now offering the world's first 176-Layer QLC NAND built with QLC category-leading replacement gate architecture that delivers the industry’s best storage density and improved access times enabling a broad range of data-rich use cases.

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Ideal Applications for QLC-Based SSDs

Experience the broad range of data-rich use cases that benefit from the balance of cost, performance and capacity offered by QLC-based SSDs. 

  • Thin and Light Client Devices: With improved storage capacity per square millimeter, QLC offers more design options and affordable capacity.

  • Real-Time Analytics and Big Data: Deliver value to Big Data applications like Hadoop Distributed File Systems.

  • Active Archives and Large Block Storage: Transform scale-out active archives into a strategic asset and deliver massive large-block data streams with ease.

  • Read-Intensive Artificial Intelligence: Get the speed AI algorithms depend on to quickly identify patterns in sprawling data sets.

 

  • Content Delivery, Video on Demand, Media Streaming: Deliver more assets to more users more consistently with support for massive, parallel requests and streams.

  • Machine and Deep Learning: Crunch immense data sets in seconds versus minutes — because machines can only learn as fast as they can read and analyze data.

  • NoSQL Databases: Breathe life into data-driven workloads like content classification and tagging as well as user profile acceleration.

  • User Authentication: Perform quick authentication with quick storage.
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World’s First 176-Layer PCIe® Gen4 QLC SSD

The Micron 2400 SSD with NVMe™ is the world’s first and most advanced 176-layer QLC NAND based PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD.

The Micron 2400 SSD is built with industry-leading storage density and is the world’s first 2TB SSD available in a 22x30mm form factor. 

Offered in three compact M.2 form factors, this QLC SSD is ideal for high-capacity storage in form factors to fit thin and light designs without compromising the user experience.

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Top Three Benefits of QLC SSDs

One of the top benefits of QLC SSDs is the Lower TCO offered.

Lower TCO

QLC stores more bits per cell than its predecessor technologies, allowing immense density and cost benefit gains. Micron advances these benefits with the world's first 176-Layer QLC NAND built with category-leading architecture—enabling the industry’s best storage density and improved access times.

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QLC stores more bits per cell than its predecessors, enabling immense gains at the system, rack and data center levels

More Capacity

Micron is the first and only provider to ship 176-layer QLC NAND -- achieving a layer count and density unprecedented in QLC flash.

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Blue Ribbon award

Leading Density, Smaller Footprints

Highest gigabytes per square millimeter vs. industry available NAND allows more capacity at less space – useful for client devices as well as data center servers.

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Workloads

Quad-Level Cell Storage Frees Your Read-Intensive Workloads from Slow HDDs

Latest-generation storage technology drives results with Apache® Cassandra®.

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Latest-Generation Storage Technology Brings Value and Density

Quad-level cell storage can help reclaim high-value rack space.

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Micron Quad-Level Cell Technology Advances New Affordable Capacity Standard

Find out what Micron’s next-generation QLC storage technology means for read-centric workloads.

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Resources

Comparing SSD and HDD Endurance in the Age of QLC SSDs
Learn about QLC SSD and HDD wear limits and endurance ratings and how your application environment can affect drive replacement decisions.
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How New QLC SSDs Will Change the Storage Landscape
Read this IDC opinion whitepaper to learn how QLC SSDs can be an alternative to HDDs, which have traditionally been used for cost-sensitive, read-intensive workloads where performance matters.
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Micron QLC SSDs for Financial Services Industry Compliance

Find out how Micron QLC SSDs can help you modernize your legacy storage and speed up compliance transaction times at a compelling TCO.

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Five Reasons QLC Belongs in your Datacenter

Learn how QLC technology brings you fast capacity for less outlay, and more value from emerging applications.

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