Elpida Memory, Inc. and Numonyx B.V. today announced that they have formally signed a foundry agreement for Numonyx to utilize Elpida’s leading-edge 300mm wafer facility in Hiroshima to manufacture NOR flash memory. The formal signing finalizes the letter of intent announced in July of this year. The agreement will give Numonyx access to increased 300mm [...]

Enhances Cost Competitiveness and Manufacturing Flexibility
Elpida Memory, Inc. (Elpida)(TOKYO:6665), Japan’s leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), announced today that it has developed a shrunken version of its 1-gigabit DDR2 SDRAM that delivers 20%(1) more chips from a single 300mm wafer. Volume production of the new shrunken chip is expected to begin [...]

Able to Operate at an Ultra-Low 1.2V
Elpida Memory (TOKYO:6665) today announced that it had developed the world’s first 2.5Gbps (bit per second) 1-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM. The new memory device has an optimized design based on a copper interconnect process and new circuit technology that not only enables faster speeds but also an ultra-low voltage [...]

Reduces Volume of Data Used for CAD by Two-Thirds
Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TED; Headquarters: Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, President: Toshiaki Sunagawa) announced today that Mazda Motor Corporation (Headquarters: Aki-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture; Representative Director & President: Hisakazu Imaki) has reduced the volume of data used to design new cars (mainly in CAD) by two-thirds compared to the [...]