Today, Samsung Electronics has just announced that they has started the production of industry’s first 20nm (nanometer) class NAND chips that will be used in SD flash memory cards.

They has estimated that an 8GB SD card is 30 percent faster, more reliable, and delivers a speed-class rating of 10 (that is reading speed 20MB/s and writing speed 10MB/s). This is all done by applying cutting-edge process, design and controller technology.

Mr. Soo-In Cho, president, Memory Division, Samsung Electronics, said:

“In just one year after initiating 30nm-class NAND production, Samsung has made available the next generation node 20nm-class NAND, which exceeds most customers requirements for high-performance, high-density NAND-based solutions.”

The flash memory cards based on the 20nm-class will be available from 4GB to 64GB densities. These high-performance 20nm-class NAND chips will be used as both, memory cards and embedded memory.