There goes Samsung, innovating on the memory front once again. The
company has just started to mass produce 30-nanometer 32GB memory
modules, which are said to be aimed specifically at the cloud computing
and advanced server system market. Wanhoon Hong, executive vice
president, memory sales
& marketing, Samsung Electronics, had this to say about the
announcement: "With this module, Samsung has secured the highest level
of product and
solution competitiveness in the DRAM market for PC, server and
mobile
applications. We also plan to ship more
energy-efficient 4Gb DDR3 DRAM based on 20nm-class process
technology
in the second half of this year, which will significantly expand
the
rapidly growing market for green IT memory solutions. Moreover, we
intend to keep delivering the greenest memory products with
optimal
performance for customers."
Samsung’s 30nm-class 4Gb DDR3 chip offers an approximate 50 percent
increase in productivity over a 40nm-class 4Gb DDR3, and while the
company was already producing 16GB modules earlier in the year, the
advent of 32GB versions proves that things are moving along quite
nicely. So, 64GB versions are just about the bend?