Samsung continue to announce new records

After having announced to last week the first chip of DDR3 of 512 MB and engraved in 50nm Samsung announced the following record.
They succeeded in producing the first chip of DDR2 engraved in 40nm. In addition to the reduced consumption, the chips engraved with this technology allow a 60% increase of productivity from each silicon wafer - since more chips can be fitted onto each wafer.
They will start to produce chips of DDR3 engraved in 40nm by the end of the year.
This series of advertisements are not innocent. They have two goals. The first is to reassure the investors in a market that is a total disaster at the moment. The second is more pernicious; these advertisements are intended to prove to the competition the advances in technology and thus to push them to spend on R&D when their finances are already stretched.