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Samsung Addresses the Dynamic IT Era With Total Semiconductor Solutions

Posted on: Monday, 20 September 2004, 06:00 CDT

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced its new technology achievements and overall business strategy at a press conference held at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, Korea.

The new technology announcements demonstrate Samsung's potential and capability to support high performance environments. Furthermore, based on Samsung's experience in the semiconductor memory market the company approaches strategic markets in system LSI to provide the mobile and digital consumer arena with total semiconductor solutions.

President of the Semiconductor business, Dr. Chang Gyu Hwang restated that, "Mobile and digital consumer applications are the new driving forces of the IT era. Through synergies created between the memory and system LSI divisions, Samsung will support the new trends with total semiconductor solutions."

Dr. Hwang shared views on the future IT era and pivotal technology trend in a keynote address at ISSCC annual conference in 2001, emphasizing the change in market momentum from PC to mobile and digital consumer applications and proposing a more dynamic growth trend in technology: a double density growth in every 12 months.

Samsung's technology achievements, announced today, reinforce the company's total solution strategy:

-- Finest geometry 60 nanometer (nm) 8gigabit (Gb) NAND flash memory

-- Highest density 2Gb DDR2 SDRAM

-- Fastest speed 667MHz mobile CPU core

The company adds new technology concepts such as MCP, SiP and fusion memory, merging individual features into a single package or silicon, to its well positioned memory products and stresses the importance of leveraging strategic businesses -- CMOS image sensors, optical player SOCs, smart card ICs and mobile application processors--in the system LSI division to further diversify and differentiate Samsung's competitive market position today.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2003 parent company sales of US$36.4 billion and net income of US$5.0 billion. Employing approximately 88,000 people in 89 offices in 46 countries, the company consists of six main business units: Corporate Technology Operations, Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is the world's largest producer of color monitors, color TVs, memory chips, TFT-LCDs and VCRs. For more information, visit www.samsung.com.

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