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To: StanX Long who wrote (61384)	3/4/2002 10:55:21 PM
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Samsung to ramp production of 400-MHz 128-Mbit DDR memory in Q2 Semiconductor Business News (03/04/02 09:05 a.m. EST) siliconstrategies.com SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today announced a 400-MHz 128-megabit double-data rate SDRAM for graphics memory applications and data rates at 3.2-gigabytes per second--the fastest yet for a DDR synchronous DRAM, according to the Korean chip maker. Samsung said it is now shipping samples of the new 400-MHz DDR graphics memory--designated K4D26323RA-GC25--to major customers. The company plans to start mass production of the 128-Mbit device in the second quarter of 2002. Pricing on the 128-Mbit DDR memory was not released. According to Samsung Semiconductor Inc. in San Jose, sales for the new memory device are expected to reach $300 million in 2002. Samsung claims it has an 80% market share worldwide in DDR SDRAM chips for graphics applications. The new memory operates on 2.8 volts and is available in a 12-by-12 mm, 144-ball fine-pitch ball-grid array (FBGA) package. At 400 MHz , the new 128-Mbit chip handles data processing speeds 30% higher than today's 300-MHz DDR SDRAMs, said Samsung. The DDR chip transmitting data at 800 Mbit/second at 400-MHz using the double-data rate standard.