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Spansion has said that it has reached a ramp of 25,000 wafer starts
per quarter at its 300mm fab (SP1) in Japan, producing 65nm MirrorBit
NOR flash devices. Spansion is currently the only NOR flash memory
manufacturer using 300mm wafers and migrating to the 65nm half-pitch
node.
"This is a significant milestone for the Flash memory industry and we
expect it will provide important benefits for our overall business,"
said Bertrand Cambou, President and CEO, Spansion. "With this
leading-edge facility, and the cost and technology advantages of
MirrorBit technology, we are delivering on our promise to bring more
value to our customers and stockholders. We expect that this production
ramp should rapidly reduce our reliance on external foundries and older
technology nodes, giving Spansion greater capacity with attractive cost
structures for our target segments."
SP1
is expected to migrate to the 45nm node in 2009. The further capacity
ramp of SP1 is expected when demand and market conditions dictate.