Inotera Memories plans to shift to 50nm stack process at a rate of 10,000 wafers a month at its 12-inch fab from April, aiming to convert all of its capacity (130,000 wafers/month) to the more advanced node by year-end 2010, according to company president Charles Kao.

Inotera has successfully ramped production of 1Gb DDR2 chips based on Micron Technology's 50nm design, and also sent samples of 50nm-made 2Gb DDR3 to customers for verification, according to Kao. By moving to 50nm-class production, Inotera will be able to lower its overall production costs by 50%..

Charles also said the company is maintaining a positive outlook over the next 2-3 years for the DRAM.

By: DocMemoryt
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