Samsung Electronics said it began mass production of 8-gigabit NAND Flash Chips, employing 60-nanometer process technology, AFX News Limited reports via Forbes.
Samsung said the 60-nanometer process technology enables a 25 percent increase in production efficiency compared to the 70-nanometer technology that was previously used, according to AFX News.
Mass production of the 8-gigabit chip enables Samsung to create an 8GB solution by putting a 4GB unit atop another, with each unit carrying four 8-gigabit dies, AFX News reports.
The 8GB solution will be able to store roughly 2,000 MP3 files or more than three and a half hours of DVD-quality video, and it should hit the market within the third quarter of 2006, according to AFX News.
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