Samsung Starts GDDR5 Mass Production

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced that it has begun mass producing GDDR5 graphics memory using 50-nanometer class process technology. "Our early 2009 introduction of GDDR5 chips will help us to meet the growing demand for higher performance graphics memory in PCs, graphic cards and game consoles," said Mueez Deen, director, mobile and graphics memory, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.