Samsung mass-produces `20-nanometer 8 GB graphics DRAM’

Samsung Electronics has started mass producing the world’s first 8 GB graphics dynamic random-access memory (DRAM, in photo) based on its state-of-the-art 20 NM (nanometer, 1nm is 1 billionth of a meter) process technology.

Graphics DRAM is a memory semiconductor designed for graphic data processing such as videos and pictures on PCs or game consoles. The new DRAM processes much faster than normal ones. The new graphics DRAM boasts the industry’s best I/O data rate by processing 8 GB of data per second. Widely-used 4 GB graphics DRAM operates with I/O data rate of 7 GB per second. Samsung’s graphics DRAM is more than four times faster than the normal DRAM, which processes 1,866 MB data per second.

The faster graphics DRAM processes data, the clearer images and the more natural movement of ultra-high-definition (UHD) it presents. Doubled capacity per chip enables the device thinner, while using less power.

Samsung Electronics will take this opportunity to actively advance into the market for parts of laptops and game consoles.