August 1, 2003 – Hynix Semiconductor, Seoul, Korea, says it will immediately ramp up production of its new 500MHz 256Mbit DDR SDRAM chips, built on the company’s 0.13-micron processes. The memory devices are targeted at gamers, who tend to require higher frequencies and faster performance than typical users, and will be priced 10% to 20% above DDR400 chips.