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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (19142)	5/26/2006 8:55:38 AM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25522

Semiconductor capacity will keep doubling every 12 months at least for the next 10 years, and so by 2015 there will be a 20-terabyte memory chip capable of containing all the books stored in the U.S. Library of Congress, said the semiconductor chief of Samsung Electronics Friday. Message 22488640

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (19142)	5/26/2006 12:40:15 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 25522

SEOUL (MarketWatch) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co.'s (005930.SE) semiconductor operations hit the bottom in May and will improve from the third quarter, said a senior company executive Friday. "A rising demand for notebook computers will help boost our overall sales. NAND flash memory chips are gaining further ground in the semiconductor market," Hwang Chang-Gyu, who is chief executive of Samsung Electronics's semiconductor business, said during the Seoul Digital Forum 2006. Hwang said demand for flash memory chips will start to rise and memory chip prices will stabilize in the second quarter. "That's because the current hard disk drive, or HDD, is being replaced with solid state disk, or SSD, that Samsung released early this week. An increasing number of laptop computers will use SSD," Hwang said. Earlier this week, Samsung projected the SSD market will reach $500 million globally this year. HDD and SSD, which use flash memory chips, are mainly used in notebook computers. He also said that demand for DRAM chips began to stabilize from early this year and that notebook computer sales are expected to start rising in the second half of this year. He declined to give any of specific figures relating to Samsung's second-quarter results, saying they will be in line with market expectations. -Edited by Marissa Chew Message 22488705