China: The next DRAM player?

By Staff -- Purchasing, 6/17/1999

The country has invested about $1 billion on a project in Shanghai to build 64-megabit drams. A Chinese company, Hua Hong, has formed a joint venture with NEC Corp in the dram project.

The Shanghai plant will produce 5,000 eight-inch wafers a month this year and eventually reach 20,000 a month. Hua Hong is using 0.35 micron to 0.50 micron processing technology for its 64-megabit drams. The industry is moving toward .18 micron technology for higher density for 256-megabit drams.