New Report on Cost and Investment Implications of 3D NAND

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Cost and Investment Implications of 3D NAND" report to their offering.

The NAND flash industry is on the cusp of a technology inflection point. 2D NAND is reaching its scaling limits with 3D NAND its anointed successor.

In the 2D NAND era, the underlying process technology (with a few exceptions) is essentially the same amongst all the NAND flash manufacturers.

However, in the 3D NAND era, all the NAND flash manufacturers are developing different 3D NAND concepts with variations in the process implementation. The different processes will impact the investment and manufacturing cost for each of the 3D NAND technologies.

This report provides a detailed analysis of the fab and manufacturing implications of 3D floating gate and charge trap NAND concepts from Samsung, Toshiba, SK Hynix and Intel-Micron versus 16nm 2D NAND. The analysis is based on a bottom-up process flow analysis for each 3D NAND technology and 16nm 2D NAND.

Some of the questions addressed in this report include:

• What are the main drivers of the process complexity for 2D NAND and 3D NAND?
• What is the tool commonality between 3D NAND and 2D NAND?
• What is the cost impact of moving the CMOS under the array in 3D NAND?
• How much does it cost to build a Greenfield 3D NAND fab and how does it compare to a 2D NAND fab? What is the equipment footprint required and the breakdown of the investment by process modules?
• What is the front end manufacturing cost of a 3D NAND wafer compared to a 2D NAND wafer?
• What is the investment required to convert an existing 2D NAND fab to 3D NAND? What is the impact on the fab cycle time and manufacturing capacity?
• What is the incremental investment required to transit a 32 layer 3D NAND fab to 64 layers? What is the impact on fab cycle time and manufacturing capacity?

Key Topics Covered:

1. Contents

2. List of Figures

3. List of Tables

4. Executive Summary

5. Introduction

6. The Path to 3D

7. NAND Flash Technology Evolution

8. 3D NAND Flash Memory Cell

9. 2D and 3D NAND Process Flow

10. 3D concepts

11. Fundamental Limitation in 3D NAND Fabrication

12. Cost and Investment Implications of 3D NAND

13. Conclusion

14. References

15. About the Authors

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