Toshiba To build Tiny DRAM

Charles Bronson writes "Toshiba Corp. in Japan announced today that they've developed the world smallest DRAM chip, with help from Big Blue. '[Toshiba] had achieved a chip-zide reduction of 40 percent with 0.175 micron technology.' Mass production won't start until late '99. This actually sounds promising, because the article reports that the smaller DRAM chips will help to lower costs. The bottom half explains that Toshiba and Fujitsu have teamed up to make even smaller DRAM chips (0.13 micron) availed by March 2002. 'Sound like a lofty goal to me."