Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top computer memory chip maker, said Wednesday it has started mass-producing cutting-edge dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, which could help distance itself from second-tier rivals and cut production costs.
The company started mass production of the new 2-gigabyte DDR3 DRAM devices this month using the 30-nanometer-class process technology, it said
in a statement.
The 30-nanometer-class, meaning a process technology node between 30 and 39 nanometers, is one class more advanced than Samsung's previous technology the company developed a year ago. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter.
DRAM devices are used in servers, laptops and desktop computers to retain digital data.
Samsung said the 30-nanometer-class technology is expected to cut costs of production to about half of the cost of making the same memory devices based on the 50- or 60-nanometer process technology.
The company claims its new memory devices for PCs can process data at 2,133 megabits per second, the best in the industry and as much as 16 times
faster than other products.