Samsung announces 40nm DRAM chip

04.02.2009

"This definitely moves Samsung ahead very aggressively in terms of its manufacturing facilities," said Bob Merritt, a founding partner of market research firm Convergent Semiconductors LLC.

Merritt said Samsung's move to 40nm lithography on DDR2 may also signal a further drop in DRAM pricing, which is already plaguing an industry facing oversupply issues.