Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest personal computer (PC) chip on the Internet have announced that they have developed the world's first state-of-the-art 16 - Gigabit flash (NAND) memory chip, using the most advanced modern nano-technology equipment. In the instrumental parts, which constitute the chip to the development of 50 - nanometer technology for the production of silicon chips.


This 16 - Gigabit flash chips equivalent 2Gigabytes (GB) of space, which means 100 years of storage at 40 broadsheet newspaper pages or 4000 digital music files. In the chip could also mean savings of up to 32 hours of DVD quality movie files on a single memory card, consisting of two chips.

There are currently 80 - nano-technology is seen as a general guideline in many semi-conductor industries. Samsung coming from 50 nano-technology truly brings the world to the next level. NAND memory is widely used in consumer devices such as digital cameras, USB flash drives, mobile phones and portable music players such as Apple Computer's new iPod Nano.

With such huge potential, analysts expect that the new computer flash memory is likely to replace mini-drives in some PCs in the coming years. In addition, memory chips consume less energy than conventional mechanical head-spinning hard drives. Such devices are likely to attract a lot of PCs and electronic organs. This change also means the light notebooks.

Researchers expect global sales of semiconductors in 2005 to only grow 2.4 percent from year ago to $ 232.7 billion, compared with its previous forecast of 5.9 percent. Calling the industry pessimism, Hwang Chang-gyu, president of Samsung Electronics' semiconductor, mentioned that they would continue, perhaps after its largest quarterly sales of semiconductors in the third quarter of this year.

Samsung Electronics plans to begin mass production of 16-Gigabit NAND flash memory, with the second half of 2006.


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