This news release was prepared by ProMOS Technologies
ProMOS announced successful trial production of Elpida's 63nm 1Gb DDR3 product
Hsinchu, Taiwan, June 18, 2010 – ProMOS Technologies (Taiwan OTC: 5387) announced today the successful trial manufacturing of advanced 1Gb DDR3 DRAM product, employing Elpida's 63nm (65nm-XS, Super-shrink) technology, at ProMOS's Taichung fabrication site. Test results from the very first lot of trial production have shown that device parameters are within product specifications and the product is fully compatible for applications in PC, digital consumer and mobile markets.
Engineers from the two companies have been working closely in the past couple months to adjust and experiment process recipes to account for the vast differences in manufacturing equipment between the two companies. The success of this week's trial manufacturing is the culmination of all these hard works.
Dr. M. L. Chen, Chairman and President of ProMOS Technologies, noted that the successful completion of the first trial lot clearly demonstrated the robustness of Elpida's advanced DRAM technologies. "This is another proof of Elpida's DRAM technology excellence. The chip size of this 1Gb DDR3, designed in 63nm, is as small as the chip sizes of other companies' products, designed in 5Xnm technologies," In addition, he also praised engineers from both companies for the technical excellence exhibited in overcoming many obstacles to complete this major milestone on schedule.
"We are very pleased to see the successful execution of the first trial lot. My congratulations to engineers from both companies for a job well done and for the professionalism they demonstrated through team-work and collaboration," stated Yukio Sakamoto, President and CEO of Elpida Memory.
About ProMOS Technologies
ProMOS Technologies, one of the world's leading dynamic random access memory (DRAM) companies, was founded in December 1996. ProMOS designs, develops, manufactures and markets DRAM and other semiconductor memory products. ProMOS's common stock is traded on the Taiwan Over-The-Counter (OTC) under the 5387 symbol. ProMOS is renowned in the global DRAM industry for its outstanding performance in technology advancement and manufacturing efficiency. ProMOS provides complete high-performance and high-density commodity DRAM as well as pseudo-SRAM, low power SDRAM for use in computing, communication and consumer products. For more information, please visit www.promos.com.tw.