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Samsung Electronics joins Semiconductor alliance.


Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company.  (Seoul, Korea, www.samsung.com) is joining a strategic semiconductor technology development partnership with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing SGX: C27 NASDAQ: CHRT (abbreviated CSM) is the world's fourth largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Woodlands Industrial Park, Kranji Singapore.  and Infineon. The companies will focus on 65-nanometer technology and will eventually include 45 nm process developments.

Joint development takes place at IBM's 300 mm Advanced Semiconductor Technology Center in East Fishkill, NY, which began operation last July. Each company will have the ability to implement the jointly developed processes in its own manufacturing facilities.

A separate agreement with IBM will give Samsung license rights to 90 nm CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes.  logic technology. Samsung plans to introduce IBM's logic technology to its highly integrated system-on-chip (SOC) product line such as HD-TVs, DVDPs and mobile applications.
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Title Annotation:Focus on: HDI/Advanced Technology
Publication:Circuits Assembly
Date:Jun 1, 2004
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