Samsung develops chip with greatly expanded memory


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SEOUL (AFP) -
South Korea' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> South Korea's Samsung Electronics has said it has developed a chip with enough capacity to store 36,000 high-resolution photographs or 40 movie files.
The company, the world's largest memory chipmaker, said it has developed the world's first 32-gigabit NAND flash memory chip based on 40-nanometer processing technology.
The development will greatly extend the lifespan of NAND flash memory chips, widely used for digital cameras, MP3 players and other multimedia goods, it said in a statement.
Samsung Electronics president Hwang Chang Gyu said the new product also guarantees "a higher level of reliability and better control" of data storage.
Samsung Electronics rolled out a 16-gigabit NAND flash memory chip using 50-nanometer processing technology last year.
"The new ... technology will extend the lifespan of NAND flash ... allowing for greater product miniaturization and greater economies of scale in the production of consumer electronics," Hwang said.
One nanometer is equal to billionth of a meter.