Nanya Technology has reported plans to kick off pilot runs for 12-inch wafer production using a 42nm process in June.

Rexchip Electronics will also start deploying Elpida Memory's 45nm process technology later this month, according to the company.

Nanya said it will start trial production on Micron Technology's 42nm design later in June, rather than in the third quarter as originally planned. Inotera Memories, Nanya's joint venture with Micron, also plans to move forward its schedule to deploy the node by a quarter in September.

Nanya is on track to convert all of its 12-inch chip production to 50nm in the third quarter, the company said. Currently, the node accounts for half of Nanya's total 12-inch capacity a month, and 68nm makes up the remainder.

Rexchip, a DRAM-manufacturing joint venture between Elpida Memory and Powerchip Technology, said it has reevaluated the schedule for trial production using 45nm. It previously planned to begin trial runs on the node in the third quarter.

Rexchip was quoted in a May report indicating its transition to 45nm might fall behind schedule due to delivery delays of immersion scanners. With the equipment having arrived, the company said it is able to move the node to mass production at the end of the third quarter.

Rexchip is set to transfer all of its 12-inch capacity (80,000 wafer starts per month) to a 63nm process, which is now the company's major production node, in July, according to the company.

By: DocMemory
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