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Inotera Memories, Inc. was incorporated on
January 23rd, 2003
. Inotera was founded as a joint venture by Qimonda AG
(Qimonda;
formerly the memory products division of Infineon Technologies AG)
and
Nanya Technology Corporation . Inotera’s production facility has been designed to manufacture high-density and high-performance commodity DRAM ( Dynamic Random Access Memory)
products using state of the art trench technology. Through the contribution of Qimonda’s world leading technology and Nanya’s cost efficiency in mass production, Inotera has developed into an innovative company, which is highly productive, highly competitive and on the leading edge within the DRAM industry.
Inotera's Fab-2 has completed its equipment and tool move-in, and Fab-1 and Fab-2 have achieved a combined full capacity of 120 thousands wafer starts per month in September, 2007, one quarter ahead of original schedule.
In order to further improve productivity and lower manufacturing cost, Inotera's technology conversion into 80 nanometer process technology developed by Qimonda and 70/75 nanometer process technology co-developed by Nanya Tech and Qimonda have been implemented according to schedule. The Company has achieved Shipment Qualification for the 80nm technology in September 2007 and has started the volume ramp from the beginning of October. The 70/75nm technology, both for 512Mb and 1Gb products, has also achieved Shipment Qualification in October and December respectively and has started the volume ramp in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Inotera’s main production is currently the 512Mb DDR2 and 1Gb DDR2 products featuring high density, high speed, and low power consumption.
Aside from the continuous improvement in manufacturing technology and production yield, Inotera has been dedicated to enhancing the strategic alliance and contractual collaboration with Qimonda and Nanya. The company is holding a key competitive advantage through its dedicated sales to Qimonda and Nanya, and the secured source of next-generation leading trench technology.
Together with its excellent execution capability, Inotera’s internationally expericed management team is putting great emphasis on good corporate governance and the development of a sus-tainable long-term strategy with a well-planned expansion of capacity and adjustment of product mix. Inotera aims to always uphold its shareholders’ rights and maximize the value for its shareholders.
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