The Battle for Speed: Yet Another DRAM Plant
Posted by Jason on
November 25, 2007
Contrary to expert opinions about the DRAM markets being oversaturated, Formosa Advanced Technologies executives announced their decision of opening a third DRAM plant. The action comes as a response to the demands of the company’s partners Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories.
The memory industry environment has reached a point of saturation where the average selling prices do not cover even the manufacturing price, which leads to severe profit loss. Yet, according to the declarations of Wen-Yuan Wong, CEO of Formosa Advanced Technologies, the current manufacturing units are unable to deliver the necessary amount of DRAM backend production demand. Read More »
