Is the DRAM ramp-up on????
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Excerpt from EE Times:
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it had sent samples of its second-generation 256-Mbit DRAM to several of the largest U.S. computer makers. The samples were made at 0.18-micron design rules.(snip)
Separately, Japan's largest business daily, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, reported that Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. (Seoul) would resume construction of its fabrication facility in Scotland, which had been put on hold after South Korea's economic crash late last year. The company will make 256-Mbit DRAMs on 12-inch wafers at the facility, according to the report. Hyundai officials were not available for comment.
Hitachi Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and other Japanese companies could begin 256-Mbit DRAM sampling late this year, with commercial production to begin in mid-1999. (snip)
"Many of the DRAM vendors want to get into the 256-Mbit generation as quickly as possible, because the 64-Mbit generation is just not profitable at all at today's prices," Suzuki said.(snip)
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International Data Corp. forecasts a $200 million market for 256-Mbit DRAMs in 1999, increasing to $880 million in 2000 and growing quickly thereafter to $9.4 billion in 2001, said Akira Minamikawa, senior semiconductor analyst at IDC Japan. |
