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To: Justa Werkenstiff who wrote (4061)	3/23/1999 10:40:00 PM
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300 mm Chip Let's see, 12" = 300mm. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm................ Samsung steps up SDRAM target Seoul, South Korea - Samsung Electronics Co. Inc. has begun mass-producing 256-Mbyte synchronous DRAMs, six months ahead of its competitors, the company said. Samsung said it plans to expand per-wafer production of 256-Mbyte SDRAM chips and establish a 12-inch wafer-making plant at Hwasung near Kiheung, boosting its investment by about $20 billion by 2002. The move means Samsung is producing 256-Mbyte on a 64-Mbyte DRAM production line. It is using 0.18-micron process technology that supports PC-100 and PC-133 specs. The chip maker is expected to produce and export between 2 million and 3 million 256-Mbyte SDRAMs currently valued at unit prices as high as $200 each, or 10 times higher than current-generation 64-Mbyte memory chips. Company officials said the new chips have been sampling in the past year among such PC manufacturers as Intel Corp. and IBM. They expect global demand for the next-generation memory chip to top $1.5 billion next year and hit $14 billion by 2001. Yoonwoo Lee, president and chief executive of Samsung's Semiconductor Business unit, told reporters at the company's Kiheung fab that introduction of the new memory chip comes as the global semiconductor industry is moving through a period of unprecedented structural change. "Mass production of 256-Mbyte DRAMs is [part of] a strategic preparation to the memory-chip market beginning in 2002," he said. Memory rivals Toshiba, IBM and Siemens are said to be working together to develop their own 256-Mbyte devices.