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To: Bob Kim who wrote (1516)	7/12/2002 4:13:31 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 25522

Samsung shifting flash production to DRAM fabs By Jack Robertson EBN (07/12/02 14:53 p.m. EST) Samsung Electronics Co. Friday confirmed reports that it was converting two older DRAM fabs, Line 6 and Line 7, to making flash memory and SRAMS. A spokeswoman said the two fabs made 16-, 64- and 128-megabit SDRAMs, and this production will be shifted over to other Samsung DRAM lines. In particular the 128-Mbit devices from the older facilities are likely to be produced in the Korean chipmaker's new 300mm wafer DRAM fab, which is now ramping up in production. Lines 6 and 7 will make both NAND and NOR-type flash. The fabs had been making some quantities of the flash units previously in addition to SDRAMs. The spokesman said Samsung needed the additional flash production to meet increasing demand of cell phones, PDAs and other consumer electronic products, especially for its NAND data storage flash.