Interview with PDP Systems/Patriot Memory

X-bit labs: There is always a lot of confusion about the two names: PDP Systems and Patriot Memory. What is the difference and the relation between these two names? Could you please explain?

Paul Jones: When PDP started, we were focused mainly on memory distribution and manufacturing. In the 1990s, when the memory modules were invented, PDP was a contractor for many of the memory module manufacturers located around the world. When the memory market had its difficulties in 2001, when the memory market lost 40% of the revenues from 2000 to 2001, many of the bigger manufacturers split their business...