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1. Samsung moves ARM to 45nm

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 28 June 2009

   Samsung has produced the first ARM11-based processor using its 45nm CMOS process.Seoul, Korea - Samsung has produced the first ARM11-based processor using its 45nm CMOS process. The S5P6440 is based ...

2. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 19 June 2009

   ... size power strip (not included) as well as store away your adapters, or hang a power squid. Samsung Impression for AT&T: This metallic blue device touts the nation’s first commercially available AMOLED ...

3. CE3100: Intel squeezes yet another chip out of the old Dothan core

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 25 May 2009

   ... in the past, it is clear that companies such as Intel and AMD will always have a difficult time to think the way a CE company does. That is where Kim comes in: He joined Intel from Samsung to get the company’s ...

4. DRAM vendor revenue down 40%

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 19 February 2009

   ... reported, Samsung still held the #1 spot in the DRAM ranking, but was hit with a 43.1% DRAM revenue decline, according to DRAMeXchange. Hynix saw its sales drop by 38.6%. Taiwanese vendors PSC and Promos ...

5. Global DRAM production capacity cut by 32%

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 10 February 2009

   ... yesterday, some DRAM makers recorded revenue drops of up to 75% during the fourth quarter of 2008. Even market leader Samsung saw its sales decrease by more than 38% and Micron’s decline of 16% is currently ...

6. Samsung hints to DDR4 with first validated 40 nm DRAM

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Wednesday, 04 February 2009

     Samsung today announced that it has developed and validated its first 40 nm DRAM chip, which are expected to consume 30% less power than current 50nm modules, and is an important step toward DDR4 development. ...

7. Up next for Apple: An ultrathin, ultralight $600 multitouch Mac netbook?

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 04 December 2008

   ... next-generation PowerVR SGX/VXD cores and will be manufactured by Samsung who already makes the SoC for current-gen iPhones. If Apple is already developing a SoC for the next iPhone, there is a chance ...

8. Samsung preps 16 GB memory modules

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 28 September 2008

     Samsung said it has begun sampling 50 nm DDR3 devices, enabling more power efficient memory modules with up to 16 GB  capacity. Seoul (South Korea) – Samsung said it has begun sampling 50 nm ...

9. A $5300 PC challenges $4.6 million supercomputer

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 30 May 2008

   ... that runs CUDA-optimized tomography applications. The specifications include a MSI K9A2 Platinum motherboard, an AMD Phenom 9850 CPU, 4 x 2 GB Corsair TWINX DDR2 PC6400 memory, a Samsung Spinpoint F1 750 ...

10. Intel fires up new Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 April 2008

    ... let’s take a brief look where the processor actually comes from. Atom, who are you? The UMPC disaster (Intel actually disagrees that the UMPC platform was a failure, since vendors such as Samsung were ...

11. DRAMeXchange believes DRAM industry may rebound in Q1 2008

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 18 December 2007

    ... According to reports published today at DigiTimes, both Kingston and Samsung's believe the slump will continue beyond Q1 2008.  However, DRAMeXchange believes the industry may rebound in ...

12. Samsung unloading DDR2 memory below cost

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 18 December 2007

    DigiTimes is reporting that Samsung is selling its 256 Mbit (16 Mb x 16) DDR2 for $0.50 per chip.  According to other DRAM industry sources, the production costs from wafer to release for those parts ...

13. Samsung accelerates DDR2 memory, increases density

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 12 September 2007

    Samsung today said that it will begin mass-producing 60 nm DDR2 memory chips by the end of the year, which will result in memory modules that offer more capacity, speed and power efficiency. Seoul (Korea) ...

14. Samsung 50nm 1Gb DDR2 gains Intel validation

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 19 July 2007

    Las Vegas (NV) - Samsung Electronics has announced that its 50nm-class DDR2 in 1Gb density has been certified by Intel to work with Intel's existing and next-generation chipsets at speeds of 800 megabits ...

15. Intel validates DDR3 memory from Elpida, Micron, Samsung

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 14 May 2007

    ... to provide memory for its platform code-named “Bearlake”. Elpida, Micron and Samsung are joining Hynix as the first wave of major memory suppliers who now say that they can ship DDR3 memory ...

16. Samsungs stacks DRAM to reach higher capacities

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 22 April 2007

    Stacking is the magic word that promises more capable and sometimes also faster multi-chip packages than what can be achieved today. Samsung claims to have developed a first “through silicon via” ...

17. Samsung announces mass production of 60 nm DRAM

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 02 March 2007

    Samsung Electronics has announced that it has begun mass producing DRAM modules with 60 nanometer technology. Culver City (CA) - Samsung Electronics has announced that it has begun mass producing DRAM ...

18. CES 2007: Samsung launches UMPC with flash hard drive

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 07 January 2007

    One of the first opportunities to get your hands on a 1.8", NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD) drives may be Samsung's upgraded ultra mobile PC (UMPC). Las Vegas (NV) - One of the first opportunities ...

19. Samsung develops first 50nm DRAM chip

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 October 2006

    Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed the world's first 50nm DDR2 dynamic random access memory chip (DRAM). According to Samsung, the chips use a new three-dimensional transistor design ...

20. Micron samples DDR3 memory

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 25 September 2006

    ... will be the final stage of mainstream devices as the next DDR generation is appearing on the Horizon. Following the announcements of Samsung's prototypes and Elpida's sample shipments to Intel, Micron ...

21. Samsung to build 1 Gbit DDR2 SDRAM at 80nm

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 29 August 2006

      With its DDR2 in all densities already being fabricated at the 80-nanometer node, Samsung Electronics today announced the mass production of 1 Gbit DDR2 DRAM. With its DDR2 in all densities already ...

22. DDR prices on the rise - Isuppli

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 01 August 2006

    ... for the memory just as DRAM suppliers were phasing out production of the part." Samsung maintained its position as the world's largest memory manufacturer with year-over-year growth of 21.8% and sales ...

23. Samsung sends GDDR4 graphics memory into mass production

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 05 July 2006

    Graphics cards could soon see a boost in speed with the next generation of graphics memory having entered the first stage of mass production. Samsung says that the technology is able to process images ...

24. A-Data to begin mass production of 2 GB FB-DIMMs in July

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 23 June 2006

    ... under a 90nm technology process, from Samsung and Elpida, the company said. Next month, leading Taiwan memory-module house A-Data Technology plans to commence mass production of 2GB fully-buffered DIMMs ...

25. A-Data: DRAM outlook healthy on NAND flash capacity adjustment

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 13 June 2006

    ... coming from the transition to NAND flash production, according to company chairman Simon Chen.Chen explained that leading chipmakers including Hynix Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics are still placing ...

26. $306.5 million victory for Rambus in DDR patent case against Hynix

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 24 April 2006

    ... patent infringement suit against Hynix Semiconductor. Now, Rambus may find the ball in its own court with regard to two other patent infringement suits on the same technologies, against Samsung and Micron ...

27. Preview: Tom's Hardware's system memory stress test

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 09 April 2006

    ... of popular memory devices to determine what you can and cannot expect from such devices. Starting Monday, Tom's Hardware will run a total of five memory models from GeIL, Kingston, Mushkin, OCZ and Samsung ...

28. Kingston launches FB-DIMM memory modules

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 03 April 2006

    ... Based on DDR2 memory, the technology offers increased bus speed and bumps the maximum memory capacity in servers to 192 GB. Following Samsung, Kingston is the second major memory supplier to announce shipments ...

29. Samsung begins mass-production of 80 nm DDR2 modules

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 March 2006

    Samsung today announced that it has begun volume production of DDR2 memory modules in 80 nm. According to the company, the move from its 90 nm to the 80 nm process technology increases production efficiency ...

30. Windows Vista makes case for 2 GB of system memory, says Samsung

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Thursday, 09 March 2006

    ... Vista right away, there's a good chance you will have to upgrade several components such as your graphics card, your mass storage devices and your system memory. The memory division of Samsung already ...

31. Samsung not converting NAND flash capacity to DDR2

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 02 March 2006

      With Samsung Electronics officially denying that recent NAND flash price drops have led the leading memory maker to shift a considerable amount of NAND flash capacity to DDR2 production, industry ...

32. Samsung shifts memory capacity from NAND flash to DDR2

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 24 February 2006

      After shifting part of its DDR2 capacity to NAND flash at the end of last year, Samsung Electronics moved 20,000 to 30,000 wafers of NAND flash capacity back to DDR2 memory prior to Chinese New ...

33. Samsung accelerates GDDR4 graphics memory prototypes

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 14 February 2006

    The next generation of graphics memory is beginning to take shape. Samsung tunes its GDDR4 memory prototypes while Rambus still hopes that its XDR memory will graphics chip companies. Samsung today announced ...

34. DDR2 contract prices soar in H1 February

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 07 February 2006

    ... Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor, which together hold more than 40% of the global DRAM market, both raised their contract prices in February amid tight capacity. More here at DigiTimes.  ...

35. DDR2 prices surpassing DDR levels

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 13 January 2006

      Samsung Electronics has discontinued its policy of bundling DDR2 and NAND flash sales together, as DDR2 pricing has recently rebounded, and DDR2 prices will continue to rise, with Samsung and Hynix ...

36. Samsung plans to reduce DDR2 capacity

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 29 December 2005

      Samsung Electronics plans to further slash its DDR2 capacity and instead allocate more capacity for NAND flash production, according to industry sources. Samsung Electronics plans to further slash ...

37. DDR2 prices said to be bottoming out due to tight supply

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Wednesday, 28 December 2005

      Samsung Electronics recently sent letters to its retailers indicating that the company's DDR2 shortage will last through the end of the first quarter of next year, market sources claimed. Samsung ...

38. Samsung intros 8 GByte FB-DIMM

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 December 2005

      Samsung to launched an 8 GByte version of its FB-DIMM memory series for servers. The module is built with 32 DDR2-533/667 devices, each with 2 Gbit capacity. Samsung to launched an 8 GByte version ...

39. DRAM module makers reject NAND flash-DDR2 bundle deal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 02 December 2005

    ... makers that orders for NAND flash be bundled with certain amounts of DDR2, sources said. The bundling deal has been in practice with such big players as Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor and Micron ...

40. DRAM makers said to be tying NAND flash orders to DDR2 orders

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 18 November 2005

    ... due to poor market acceptance, they have begun pushing bundles of the two memory products, according to sources at customers of the DRAM makers. Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology ...

41. DRAM market posts healthy growth in Q3 - Nanya outshines competition

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 15 November 2005

    ... $5.72 billion in Q2 to $6.40 billion in Q3. Only two suppliers in iSuppli's top-10 ranking, market leading Samsung and Powerchip in position 7, saw their growth to come in significantly below the average ...

42. Elpida ships DDR3 memory modules to Intel

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 14 November 2005

    ... approach over DDR2. First prototypes of the technology were displayed at the Recent Fall Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco where Elpida, Hynix and Samsung demonstrated their commitment to produce ...

43. Samsung develops first 512 Mbit DDR2 memory device in 70 nm

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 13 October 2005

      Samsung claims it is first to have completed development of a 512 Mbit DDR2 memory device in a 70 nm production process - the smallest structures applied in DRAM manufacturing so far. Seoul ...

44. Rambus sues Samsung over DDR2, GDDR2 and GDDR3 memories

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 07 June 2005

      Rambus continued its patent infringement litigation against memory manufacturers claiming that Samsung uses its patented technologies in DDR2 memory modules and GDDR2 and GDDR3 graphics memory devices. ...

45. Sources claim Samsung to establish BGA substrate plant in Suzhou

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 20 May 2005

      Samsung Electro-Mechanics will start volume shipping ball-grid array (BGA) substrate from a plant in Suzhou starting in mid 2006 for packaging Samsung DDR2 memory, according to industry sources. ...

46. Samsung slashes 512 MByte DDR2-533 module quotes 20 percent

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 04 April 2005

      Samsung has lowered quotes for its 512MB DDR2-533 modules by as much as 20 percent, hoping to spur PC OEMs to accelerate migration to the memory type from 512MB DDR2-400, according to IC distributors. ...

47. Samsung samples FB-DIMMs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 15 March 2005

      Samsung said that it has begun sample production of fully buffered, dual in-line memory modules (FB-DIMM) based on DDR2 technology. Samsung said that it has begun sample production of fully buffered, ...

48. Samsung leading DDR2 memory push in 2005

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 27 January 2005

      Samsung Semiconductor plans to expand its production of DDR2 memory this year to the point where DDR2 becomes its largest product category, setting the stage for decreases in price, DDR2 memory ...

49. DRAM report: New Intel chips may boost some DRAM firms

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 24 January 2005

      The launch of a new set of Intel chips for notebook computers is expected to drive demand for the next generation of advanced memory chip - DDR2 - and help larger memory chipmakers like Samsung ...

50. Samsung raising allocation for 512Mbit DDR and DDR2

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 05 October 2004

      Samsung Electronics plans to gradually allocate up to 30% of its monthly DRAM capacity for production of 512Mbit DDR and DDR2 chips this quarter, according to sources with DRAM module makers in ...