IN 2003 RAM will be produced by the new technology
In early 2003, Taiwan-based memory are planning to upgrade to a more modern process. Four major Taiwanese companies Powerchip Semiconductor (PSC), Nanya Technology, Winbond Electronics and ProMOS Technologies announced plans to start next year with the release of chips the size of the conductors from 0.11 to 0.13 microns.
The company Powerchip Semiconductor, which now uses a 0.15-micron process technology, is going to go to the 0.13-micron technology in December 2002. Mass production for this technology will begin in the first quarter of 2003, and moving most of its lines to use this process guide PSC plans to implement in the second quarter of 2003. The company says that for the 0.13-micron technology will be used the same masks that the production of chips for 0.15-micron technology, which will as soon as possible after the change process to achieve profitability.
In addition, the company intends to PSC in the fourth quarter of 2003 to 0.12-micron technology their primary process, and in the fourth quarter of 2004 - go to the 0.11 micron technology.
Nanya Technology has acquired a license for 0.11-micron technology, the company IBM. Pilot production based on this technology will begin in the first quarter of 2003 and the start of mass production of chips on the process technology is planned for the third quarter of 2003. Nanya company also plans to begin pilot production of chips on 0.12-micron technology of its own design, but in the case of the successful introduction of 0.11-micron technology, mass production of chips with a wire width of 12 microns will not start.
In the first quarter of 2003, about 70 percent of all Winbond Electronics products will be based on 0.13-micron technology, and in the second quarter of next year will begin pilot production of chips on 0.11-micron technology. ProMOS Technologies company also announced it is planning to move to the 0.14-micron to 0.13 - and 0.12-micron technology. Pilot production on the basis of new technological processes begin in the first quarter of 2003.
