was noch an Lücken im Weltweiten Speichermakrt übrig ist, wird jetzt von Samsung geschlossen - ohne Qimonda Technologie. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/12/123_56757.html Samsung to Produce Memory Chips for Rambus By Kim Hyun-cheol Staff Reporter There is no constant friend or foe in the world of business. Samsung Electronics is proving this maxim true, as it will produce memory chips using the technology of a U.S. chip developer with which it has been involved in a messy patent feud for years. Rambus Inc., a tech licensing company specializing in memory architecture, said Thursday that Samsung Electronics will offer 1-gigabite XDR DRAM memory devices to be used for gaming, computing and consumer electronics applications. The XDR DRAM is a key component of its XDR memory architecture. ``Samsung's market leadership means system manufacturers can be assured of a reliable supply of our XDR DRAM. With XDR memory's world-leading bandwidth performance, designers can meet their system requirements with fewer devices and greater power efficiency,'' Rambus Senior Vice President Sharon Holt was quoted as saying. XDR DRAMs achieve significantly higher performance than today's standard memories such as DDR 2 or DDR 3. With German-based Qimonda pulling out of production, Samsung Electronics is one of the two sole suppliers of the high-quality chips along with Elpida Memory. Currently, the XDR is best known for being installed inside Sony's PlayStation 3. More than 92 million XDR chips have been placed in the computer entertainment system so far. Aside from this collaboration, however, the two companies have been engaged more in cacophony than in harmony throughout this decade, starting in 2000 when Rambus began filing lawsuits against the largest memory manufacturers including Samsung over the infringement of its intellectual right on SDRAM and DDR technology. Another antitrust trial involving the two makers is likely to start next month following a ruling by the San Francisco Superior Court. The case, filed in 2004 by Rambus, accused Samsung and two other makers of ``engaging in a concerted and unlawful effort to eliminate competition and stifle innovation in the market for computer memory technology and memory chips.'' Samsung downplayed the alliance, saying there was nothing in particular to mention on the project as the U.S. maker has been working with companies across the world, including Samsung, despite the legal disaccord. hckim@koreatimes.co.kr |