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Samsung Electronics has achieved a fresh breakthrough in the production of Flash memory chips, helping it consolidate its market lead. Samsung announced Tuesday it developed a 64 Gb NAND Flash chip capable of storing up to five DVD-quality movie files despite being only as big as a thumb nail ? it was developed with 30 nanometer technology. Flash is a nonvolatile memory chip that holds data even with the power turned off; it is used mainly for digital cameras and handsets. The biggest capacity so far was 32 Gb, also developed by Samsung Electronics last year.
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Models on Tuesday show off the world¡¯s first 64 Gb Flash memory chip produced with 30 nanometer technology and developed by Samsung Electronics./Yonhap
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Memory chip makers around the world have competed to develop larger-capacity chips as demand for more storage increases with the popularity of high-speed Internet connections and user-created content, and computer, mobile phone and digital camera manufacturers want smaller, larger-capacity chips. Samsung has been in a race with rivals like Japan¡¯s Toshiba to meet the demand.
Korea¡¯s biggest electronics company aims to start mass production as soon as possible -- in the case of the 32 Gb Flash chip from next year and the 64 Gb one from 2009. It predicts that the 64Gb Flash market will grow to US$20 billion by 2011. With the development, the company¡¯s semiconductor chief Hwang Chang-kyu has once again proved his mettle. The sector achieved good business results for the third quarter, and his memory density growth theory dubbed ¡°Hwang¡¯s Law,¡± which says memory capacity doubles every year, has been proved for their eighth year running.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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