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To: Ausdauer who wrote (15305)	10/3/2000 8:26:19 PM
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Samsung Unveils Fast DDR SDRAM Graphics Memory Chip October 3, 2000 (SEOUL) -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. said it has become the first in the industry to develop a 128M double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM) graphics chip that operates at 500Mbps. The new device completely supports moving pictures and three-dimensional images. The company has applied the DDR format to improve the performance of its graphics memory chip by two and a half times so that it can expect large demand from makers of computer games and high-performance PCs, it said. Samsung Electronics used a 0.17-micron design rule, enabling the device to process 8GB of data per second, which means that 60 frames are shown each second with a clarity that is three times better than the resolution of conventional TVs. Samsung Electronics is planning to deliver samples of the memory device to the world's leading makers of graphics chip sets, while expecting to maintain at least 40 percent of the world market share for graphics memory. Demand for graphics memory is climbing along with the explosive growth of the Internet and the use of multimedia products that include moving pictures. Samsung Electronics expects sales of the latest graphics memory chip alone to surpass US$700 million next year. (Maeil Business Newspaper, Korea)