Samsung ships 60nm 1Gb DDR 2 DRAM chip

[NoobyDoo]

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Samsung has begun punching out 60nm 1Gb DDR 2 DRAM chips in volume, the company announced today, claiming it's the first memory maker to do so. It's offering the chip on 512MB, 1GB and 2GB DIMMs, it said.

Most memory produced today is fabbed using an 80nm or bigger process ...

... the smaller size makes for greater numbers of chips per wafer, which should help push prices down ...

 

[Yellowbeard]

Samsung needs to make some money to pay off those fines. Hopefully this will be a good alternative to Micron. Some additional competition is needed in the IC market right now for high speed memory.

 

[KingstonU]

It's offering the chip on 512MB, 1GB and 2GB DIMMs

So they now have 1 stick that is 2GB!?!? Is that the first time that's happened?

That is awsome!! :thumbsup:

 

[Yellowbeard]

This is not the first use of 128mb ICs but, it appears that Samsung may be the first IC maker to get the ICs into channels in any meaningful bulk. Depending on pricing for these ICs, it is still cost prohibitive to buy ICs and make 2gb DIMMs unbuffered for desktop use.

The company that makes an affordable 128mb IC in bulk that performs well at DDR800+ should make LOTS of money. It may well be Samsung if this info is any indicator.

 

[NoobyDoo]

DailyTech Link

Samsung estimates efficiency gains of the 60nm process are 40 percent over the 80nm, and twice the productivity of 90nm general process technology.

... supporting either 667Mbps or 800Mbps speeds ...

... 60nm DRAM revenues are expected to reach $2.3 billion worldwide in the first year of market availability and to further increase to $32 billion by 2009.

 

[firewolfsm]

DDR486828 anyone?

 

[hardwareking]

this will help keep the ram prices down.
And also competition for micron.Lets hope it overclocks well and comes cheap.
Any idea which manufacturers will be using these samsung chips?