"mass
producing what the company said is the most advanced 4Gb DDR3 memory based on a
new 20 nanometer process technology using immersion ArF lithography...
key
element of the new design and manufacturing technology is a modified double
patterning and atomic layer deposition that allows for continued scaling. The
new approach to double patterning enables 20nm DDR3 production using current
photolithography equipment, Kadivar said. “We have found the most efficient way
to manufacture high density DDR3 technology, in this case 4Gb.” Samsung has
also created ultrathin dielectric layers of cell capacitors with a very high
level of uniformity, which is an important contributor to higher cell
performance."
While in the ecosystem of mobile DRAM products sale and marketing -
“After
the 64bit AP was first applied to the iPhone 5S by Apple last year, it was
expected to become the basic performance of premium smartphones. However,
companies in the Android camp cannot bring themselves to use the 64bit AP. The
64bit AP is not compatible with the Google Android OS yet…
Qualcomm
has already unveiled the 64bit Snapdragon, and SEC is known to have almost
developed the 64bit AP. If the OS problem is solved, it appears that Android
smartphones will not have much difficulty adopting the 64bit AP.
The
delayed commercialization of the 64bit mobile AP impacted on the DRAM market.
1~2GB mobile DRAMs are used in 32bit AP smartphones, but 64bit AP smartphones
come with 3GB or bigger DRAMs. Memory semiconductor makers established the
mobile DRAM production plan for this year in consideration of the demands for
the 64bit AP. As demands are not picking up, the Q2 contract prices of mobile
DRAMs are expected to go down. (http://english.etnews.com/device/2933349_1304.html)
Ron
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timely, and accurate semiconductor consulting.
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Korea's DRAM Market Suffers as Google Delays Android 64-bit
Apple introduced the first smartphone in the world to run
on a 64 bit architecture last September. The iPhone 5S lead the way. Thereafter
it was simply expected to become the basic performance of premium smartphones.
However, Android OEMs can't match Apple's offering because Android isn't 64bit
compatible at the moment even though Qualcomm has a 64bit processor ready to
ship. While Samsung is hoping to be the first Android OEM to deliver a 64bit
based smartphone this fall, industry Insiders aren't so sure it'll be ready in
time. In fact they believe that will be pushed into sometime in 2015.
Those in the DRAM market have suffered a direct blow due
to Google's inability to deliver a 64bit version of Android.
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