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47
30nm-class 64Gb NAND Flash Memory
To combat the growing demands of higher density flash
storage solutions, we developed the world’s first 64Gb
multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory, using 30nm-
class process technology, in October 2007. This highly
advanced device can store up to 80 DVD resolution
movies or 32,000 MP3 music files.
The Semiconductor Business of Samsung Electronics—leveraging
numerous industry-leading technologies, highly advanced production
capabilities and close collaborations with a myriad of customers—is
a global leader in the memory, large scale integration (LSI) and
storage markets. We will continue to lead the market in our areas
of focus with non-stop development of the industry’s most innovative
products and advanced technology.
2007 MEMORY CHIP
WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARE
27.6%
OPERATING
PROFIT
[KRW hundreds of billion]
SALES
[KRW trillion]
22.8
2006
22.3
2007
51.2
2006
23.5
2007
Solidifying Leadership in the Global Marketplace
While the world semiconductor market has shown impressive growth over the years,
it has been prone to highly cyclical market fluctuations, experiencing more volatility
than the global economy as a whole. In 2007, the global semiconductor market
showed 3.3% growth over 2006. Overall, however, the industry has experienced a
number of difficult challenges, which have sharply reduced the profitability of most
chipmakers. DRAM prices continue to suffer as a result of continued market oversup-
ply and NAND Flash prices also show weakness in spite of expanding sales in seg-
ments featuring multimedia mobile devices. Depressed revenues have encouraged a
wide range of new alliances, joint capital investments and accelerated technology
development—further intensifying industry competition.
In today’s fast-changing markets, even in the face of modest growth, most chipmakers
have been weighed down by significant losses. However, Samsung’s Semiconductor
Business succeeded in posting KRW2.2 trillion in earnings in 2007, backed by
improvements in operational efficiency, the introduction of cost-reducing process tech-
nologies and the development of clearly differentiated products with distinct market
advantages. Our No. 2 ranking in the semiconductor industry remained solid with
continued market dominance in most areas of the memory business, including strong
sales in DRAM, SRAM, MCPs, flash memory and fusion memory devices.
MARCH 2 World’s first 60nm-class 1Gb DRAM mass
produced As of March 2007, we began mass producing
the world’s first 1Gb DDR2 DRAM using 60nm-class
process technology. Compared to 80nm-class process
technology, 60nm increases production efficiency by up
to 40%.
MARCH 13 Developed high-capacity 8GB MoviNAND
We have developed a high capacity 8GB MoviNAND,
which uses 50nm-class NAND Flash memory. We dou-
bled the capacity and function of the 4GB product, wid-
ening the capacity range of our product lineup from
512MB to 8GB.
2007 AT-A-GLANCE