Hynix Semiconductor says it has developed a 26-nanometer based NAND flash memory chip.
/ Korea Times |
By Kim Tong-hyung
Staff Reporter
Hynix Semiconductor said it has developed a NAND flash memory chip using 26-nanometer semiconductor technology, designed to hold 64 gigabits of data.
This makes the company only the second chipmaker to successfully produce a product below the 30-nanometer level, company officials said.
Hynix, which trails Samsung Electronics as the world’s second-largest computer memory chip maker, is planning to mass produce the chips from the third-quarter of this year.
The company unveiled a 32-nanometer flash memory chip in August last year.
NAND flash memory chips are used in a variety of digital devices, including portable multimedia players, mobile phones and digital cameras.
The eventual goal is to enable 64 gigabytes of storage on a chip, which will allow enough room to keep 16,000 music files, 40 DVD movies and 400 years worth of daily newspapers, company officials said.
``The new chip will allow us to double our productivity when compared to what we achieved with the 30-nanometer products by dramatically reducing cost,’’ Hynix said in a statement.
``By successfully applying `noise elimination’ technology that has been used in telecommunications, we could eventually be producing NAND flash memory chips at the 10-nanometer levels.’’
To meet the increasing demand in electronics products, Hynix plans to spend around 1 trillion won (about $859 million) to expand its production line for NAND flash chips and double output, while also investing in technologies for more advanced chips.
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