The memory chips are switching to more advanced manufacturing processes . Today, the South Korean giant Samsung announced the mass production of 8-gigabit DDR4 memory chips such as with the use of process technology, "the 10-nm-class." This tricky wording implies that Samsung may used from 10-nm to 19-nm process technology - . According to some unofficial data, it used 18-nm process technology.
Samsung recognizes that progress required the company to overcome some technical barriers. For example, in the absence of equipment for lithography with superhard ultraviolet (EUV), it was necessary to improve the existing methods. Immersion lithography using an argon laser, a fourfold use of templates and spraying superfine dielectric layer - that's what innovations Samsung has applied with the release of DDR4 chips on a "10-nanometer class".
Samsung explains, produced by "10-nanometer class" memory technology has not only increased speed DDR4-2400 to DDR4-3200, but also reduced energy consumption by 10-20% compared with the same chip, "the 20-nm generation ". At the same time, on one wafer out 30% more chips identical capacity. The first memory module DDR4 chips based on "10-nanometer class" will be used in server and desktop systems, but in the end of this year, Samsung will introduce solutions for mobile devices . Related Products :
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