Somnath Viswanath, Product Marketing Manager, Arasan Chip Systems Inc.
Arul K Subbiah, Design Manager, Arasan Chip Systems Inc.

NAND Flash technology is rapidly evolving to the non-volatile memory of choice for sytems ranging from mission critical servers and embedded systems to low cost consumer electronics. Simultaneously with the rapid advancement in process technology, the characteristics in order to manage NAND Flash is also rapidly changing. In order to maintain its robustness, error correction schemes are needed to truly build systems using NAND Flash Memory. In this paper we present the recent trends in NAND Flash memory technologies and error correction mechanisms that continue to make NAND Flash technology the most viable non-volatile memory technology in the market today.