Samsung develops new mobile memory chip

Posted on Wed, Dec. 27, 2006
Samsung develops new mobile memory chip
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has
developed a new mobile memory chip that is thinner and uses less power
than its predecessor.

The one-gigabit mobile DRAM is at least 20 percent thinner than the
existing product, which stacks up two 512-megabit chips, and uses about
30 percent less power than the predecessor, Samsung said in a release.

The new product can be used for a wide range of advanced handset
applications as well as for digital still cameras, portable media
players and portable gaming products, the company said.

"Samsung plans to mass produce the new device beginning in the second
quarter of 2007 at a time when demand for high-density 1-gigabit mobile
DRAM is expected to be very high," it said.

DRAM stands for dynamic random access memory. DRAM chips are most
widely used in personal computers.

Samsung is the world's largest memory chip maker and a top producer of
consumer electronics, including flat-screen televisions, mobile phone
handsets, MP3 players and laptop computers.

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