The Memory in Your Thumb Drive Could Fix AI’s Big Problem

spectrum.ieee.org · 2026-07-16 · by Long Nguyen ·generic
High bandwidth flash stacks NAND to feed GPUs faster, shrinking energy-hungry hardware footprints and boosting real-world AI responsiveness.

The Memory in Your Thumb Drive Could Fix AI’s Big Problem

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The Memory in Your Thumb Drive Could Fix AI’s Big Problem

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High-Bandwidth Flash offers efficient storage for model weights

Matthew S. Smith

14 Jul 2026

4 min read

Matthew S. Smith is a contributing editor for IEEE Spectrum and the former lead reviews editor at Digital Trends.

Schematic of high-bandwidth flash die stacked on top of a logic die.

By using advanced packaging technology, familiar flash memory dies can be stacked to drastically improve read speeds.

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