“Most Taiwan DRAM companies’ presidents don’t want integration,” Elpida Chief Executive Officer Yukio Sakamoto said in reference to producers of dynamic random access memory chips, during an interview in Taipei today. “We’re better having many product lines with Taiwan DRAM companies.”More info BusinessWeek.
The comments reverse a plan announced last year to buy stakes in Taiwanese chipmakers to consolidate and counter competition from market leader Samsung Electronics Co. Chipmakers face mounting pressure to unite to keep up with the estimated $10 billion the South Korean company invests annually to widen its lead in chip output.
Elpida no longer planning to buy Taiwanese DRAM makers
Posted on Monday, February 28 2011 @ 17:20 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck