Elpida starts construction of world's DRAM plant

Elpida starts construction of world's DRAM plant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto, president of Elpida Memory Inc., briefs reporters at the Hiroshima Prefectural government office on construction of a dynamic random access memory chip plant which he claims has the world's largest production capacity. Elpidia, a joint venture between NEC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., will invest some 450-500 billion yen in construction of the plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture.

Elpida Memory to raise 81.5 bil. yen for capital spending

Elpida Memory to raise 81.5 bil. yen for capital spending

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto (R), president of Elpida Memory Inc., Japan's sole domestic producer of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 5 about the company's plan to raise 81.5 billion yen for raising its DRAM manufacturing capacity.

Elpida to seek 30 bil. yen in capital from 3 foreign firms

Elpida to seek 30 bil. yen in capital from 3 foreign firms

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto, new president of Elpida Memory Inc., a maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, speaks about his firm's future business plans at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1. Industry sources said the company plans to seek capital infusions worth 30 billion yen from three foreign firms including U.S. microchip giant Intel Corp.

Toshiba to terminate commodity DRAM business

Toshiba to terminate commodity DRAM business

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Tadashi Okamura announces at a press conference in Toshiba's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 18 that the company will pull out of commodity dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips next year in a reorganization aimed at securing profitability in its semiconductor business in fiscal 2002.

Toshiba to terminate commodity DRAM business

Toshiba to terminate commodity DRAM business

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Tadashi Okamura announces at a press conference in Toshiba's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 18 that the company will pull out of commodity dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips next year in a reorganization aimed at securing profitability in its semiconductor business in fiscal 2002.

Elpida to seek 30 bil. yen in capital from 3 foreign firms

Elpida to seek 30 bil. yen in capital from 3 foreign firms

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto, new president of Elpida Memory Inc., a maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, speaks about his firm's future business plans at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1. Industry sources said the company plans to seek capital infusions worth 30 billion yen from three foreign firms including U.S. microchip giant Intel Corp. (Kyodo)

Elpida starts construction of world's DRAM plant

Elpida starts construction of world's DRAM plant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto, president of Elpida Memory Inc., briefs reporters at the Hiroshima Prefectural government office on construction of a dynamic random access memory chip plant which he claims has the world's largest production capacity. Elpidia, a joint venture between NEC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., will invest some 450-500 billion yen in construction of the plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Elpida Memory to raise 81.5 bil. yen for capital spending

Elpida Memory to raise 81.5 bil. yen for capital spending

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto (R), president of Elpida Memory Inc., Japan's sole domestic producer of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 5 about the company's plan to raise 81.5 billion yen for raising its DRAM manufacturing capacity. (Kyodo)