Samsung says its 30-nanometer-class, 2GB DRAM reduces power consumption by about 30 percent over 50-nanometer-class DRAM. The data storage company says a 4GB, 30-nm module of its green DDR3 used in a notebook will consume only 3 watts per hour, or 3 percent of the total power usage of a notebook.
– Solid-state disk provider Samsung announced Feb. 2 that it has successfully
completed customer evaluations of the industry’s first 30-nanometer-class DRAM
in 2G-bit densities, and that the results bode well for the technology’s
potential to help in saving electricity and the environment.

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