Samsung: Moving to 60nm Engraving for DDR2 chips

Samsung announced that it will launch mass production of 800MHz DDR2 chips based on 60nm engraving process by the end of the year.
Such chips feature 512MB capacity, and will strongly reduce the cost of 4GB DDR2 RAM modules

This thinner engraving process is also an advantage for Samsung as it will allow the company to save on production cost. Indeed, one will be able to generate 40% more chips from the same silicon wafer. This increase of the yield will come right on time to allow DDR2 manufacturers to remain profitable during a period where Vista-driven memory over production has not been fully digested by the market.