Samsung Electronics makes use of primarily 18nm course of know-how to fabricate server DRAM chips, and is gearing up for transition to a more recent 16nm course of node in 2020, in keeping with Digitimes Research.
Samsung has held an over 50% share of the worldwide server DRAM market by way of unit shipments. The firm has began quantity producing 8Gb server DRAM chips utilizing 18nm course of know-how since mid 2018, and can scale up considerably 16nm-made 16Gb chip output in 2020, mentioned Digitimes Research.
In addition, hypothesis has been circulating within the business {that a} batch of Samsung’s 18nm server chips shipped to a US information middle vendor was returned because of unstable product high quality. The incident ought to have restricted influence in the marketplace equilibrium and costs, provided that solely an insignificant portion of complete server DRAM shipments has been affected.
Server and information middle purposes are set to switch PCs and cell gadgets as the most important goal market of DRAM chipmakers by 2023, Digitimes Research believes.
