Samsung Announces Mass Production of DDR2; Industry's First 1 GigaByte DDR2 DIMM Offers High Speed and Low Power Necessary for Next-Generation PCs and Servers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003 Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., the world's leader in advanced semiconductor memory technology, today moved to make DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 2 technology a reality for designers of next generation chipsets with the announcement that Samsung has begun mass production of the industry's first 1GigaByte (GB) DDR2 Dual in-Line Memory Module See DIMM. (storage) Dual In-line Memory Module - Small circuit boards carrying memory integrated circuits, with signal and power pins on both sides of the board, in contrast to single-in-line memory modules (SIMM). (DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module ), which is based on 512Mb DDR2 components. "DDR2 is a viable technology and will play an important role in enabling the development of a new generation of feature-rich, high-speed gaming PCs, servers and network computers," said Tom Quinn, Samsung's US Vice President of Memory Sales and Marketing. "Samsung is ready to meet the requirements of high-speed, low-power memory solutions for tomorrow's chipsets." The availability of a DDR2 memory solution in production volume, which features a 4-bit pre-fetch delivering twice the external bandwidth of DDR solution for the same internal frequency, will speed the industry's transition from DDR. The 1.8-volt device features a high-speed data transfer rate of 533Mbps that can be extended to 667Mbps for networks and special system environments. Samsung first shipped engineering samples of a JEDEC The division of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) that deals with semiconductor standards (officially, the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association of EIA). JEDEC was formed in 1958 when the Joint Electron Tube Engineering Council (JETEC) split into two Joint Electron Device standard compliant 512Mb DDR2 SDRAM to major chipset developers last May. The SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. incorporates JEDEC's DDR2 specifications by adding core functions that include off-chip driver calibration (OCD OCD obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD abbr. obsessive-compulsive disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ) to maintain optimum driver strength; on-die termination (ODT) to ensure optimum signal waveform; and posted CAS, a command control method to enhance bus efficiency. In 2001, JEDEC presented Samsung with an award recognizing the company's leadership and pioneering role in the development of DDR technology as well as its contribution to the standardization of DDR-SDRAM DDR-SDRAM - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory . Samsung currently has more industry-validated DDR SDRAM devices than any other manufacturer. About Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, and digital convergence technology. Samsung Electronics employs approximately 70,000 people in 87 offices in 47 countries. Samsung Electronics is the world's leading producer of advanced semiconductors, TFT-LCDs, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. mobile phones, monitors and VCRs. Samsung Electronics consists of four main business units: Device Solution Network, Digital Media Network, Telecommunication Network and Digital Appliance Network Businesses. The Device Solution Network specializes in semiconductor and TFT LCD display products for industrial, mobile and advanced computing applications, offering a full line of key solutions of DRAMs, SRAMs, Display Driver ICs, Smart Card ICs, TFT LCD panels and Flash memories. The Device Solution Network operates 11 overseas sales subsidiaries and mass production facilities to maximize on hand customer support. For more information, visit our website at http://www.samsungsemi.com. Samsung Semiconductor Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., is located in San Jose, Calif. More information can be found at http://www.usa.samsungsemi.com/. Samsung Semiconductor Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and London, UK with sales offices all over Europe. More information can be found at http://www.samsungsemi.de. |
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