Elpida is TMC's technology partner

TOKYO, JAPAN: Elpida Memory Inc. (Elpida), Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), has been selected as a strategic technology partner of Taiwan Memory Co. (TMC). Details of the collaboration have yet to be finalized.

"We are very pleased to be selected as a technology partner of TMC. It seems that TMC gave high ratings to Elpida's advanced technology and our business achievements in Taiwan. Our intention now is to do our best effort to create win-win business scenarios for Elpida, TMC and Taiwanese DRAM companies," said Yukio Sakamoto, President and CEO of Elpida.

Sakamoto also said that this new Japan-Taiwan memory partnership would help to revitalize the health of the DRAM industry.