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[memory chips] Semiconductors
are the building blocks of digital
technology that make all digital
products possible. Samsung con-
tinued its leadership in the mem-
ory sector in 1998, capturing 18.5
percent of the DRAM (dynamic
random access memory) market,
20.5 percent of the SRAM (static
random access memory), and 3
percent of the flash memory mar-
ket. One of the key events of the
year was the beginning of our gen-
eration-shift from 64-megabit to
256-megabit chips with the launch
of 128-megabit chip sample pro-
duction and 256-megabit chip
shipments, the latter an industry first
that puts us one to two years ahead
of the competition. Using 0.23-
and 0.18-micron manufacturing
technology respectively, these
advances offer double and quadru-
ple the capacity of their 64-megabit
predecessor while meeting the PC-
133 standard for the next genera-
tion of motherboards. During the
year, we also unveiled the world’s
first 1-gigabyte SDRAM module,
which uses 18 stacked pairs of the
256-megabit chips to offer an
unprecedented amount of memo-
ry in a single slot, and delivered sam-
ples of the world’s first 1-gigabit
SDRAM chips to PC makers.
At the same time, we completed
development of 144-megabit
*Rambus®DRAM chips, position-
ing ourselves for continued lead-
ership in this next-generation mem-
ory field.
“Every day at work, I remind
myself that I’m helping make the
chips that are making the digital
revolution happen. To me, digital
technology is about making dreams
come true and helping people have
a better life. And I’m glad to be a
part of a company that feels the
same way.”
Nam-Hee Hwang
line operator
What’s it to us?
1Gb DRAM
Engineering samples of the
world’s first 1Gb DRAM chips
debut, paving the way for
multi-gigabyte workstation
memory configurations in the
near future.
144Mb RAMBUS®DRAM
The world’s first 144-megabit
chips and 144-megabyte
modules using the next-
generation high-speed
Rambus®memory
architecture are unveiled.
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*Rambus®, RDRAM and the Rambus logo
are registered trademarks of Rambus Inc.
All other brands or product names are the
property of their respective holders.