On-demand shows, pay-per-view movies, broadband TV services and mini-dish systems are spurring the digital set-top box market, where Samsung components are widely used. High density, high speeds and high reliability are key features of these components, which include storage options for set-top box systems that also allow for easy program recording.
| Component | Samsung Products | Features |
|---|---|---|
| DRAM | DRAM components (SDR, DDR, DDR2, DDR3) | 64Mb-2Gb / 200Mbps-1.6Gbps |
| Graphics DRAM | GDDR5 (x32) | 1Gb / 1-1.56GHz |
| GDDR3 (x32) | 256-512Mb / 700-1000MHz | |
| gDDR3 (x16) | 1-2Gb / 800MHz-1.6GHz | |
| gDDR2 (x16) | 1Gb / 400-500MHz | |
| NAND Flash | Discrete Components | SLC: 256Mb-32Gb MLC: 8-64Gb |
| OneNAND Flash fusion memory | 256Mb-4Gb | |
| SSD | 64-256GB | |
| Digital media | Digital audio recorder components (single chip or SoC) | Audio formats include MP3, WMA, AAC, Ogg Vorbis |
| DVD receiver or recorder SoC | ARM9-based with array of interfaces | |
| ASIC | Custom ASIC solutions | Contact Samsung: asic@ssi.samsung.com |
| Foundry | Samsung foundry | 90nm; 65nm; 45nm/40nm; 32nm/28nm Contact Samsung: foundry@ssi.samsung.com |
| HDD | Hard disk drives | 3.5": 2540GB-1.5TB capacity 2.5": 160-500GB capacity |
| ODD | CD/DVD-ROM, CD/DVD Writer | Up to 8.5GB Interfaces: SATA, EIDE, ATAPI |