Elpida 0.10 micron DDR2 Mass Production

Elpida today announced that it will begin mass production of DDR2 SDRAM usingadvanced 0.10-micron process technology in August 2004. The first productsslated for manufacturing utilizing 0.10-micron process technology includehigh-performance, high-density DRAM products such as DDR2-533 and DDR2-667.

"Elpida strives to offer the industry stable production of high-performanceDRAM products," said Yukio Sakamoto, president of Elpida Memory. "Our ability tomass manufacture 0.10-micron DRAM enables us to meet increased demand foradvanced DDR2 SDRAM as the industry transitions from DDR to DDR2 architecture."

Elpida plans to increase production capacity of 0.10-micron based products tomore than 50% of their 300 mm wafer line capacity by January 2005.