| | By John Daly in Germany @ Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:07 PM
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| | Taiwanese premier Liu Chao-shiuan has said Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) will eventually consolidate the island's memory makers into a single uberdramurai. This would be the final phase of a three-phase plan TMC will put into practice over the next few years. First off, the company will aim to put its hands on tech from the the US or Japan, to get its R&D efforts going. In a second phase, TMC will start using Taiwan's process lines to churn out DRAM and then finally unify the entire homeland industry under its banner. Nonetheless, there will be no bail-outs, as shelling out money isn't a solution to Taiwan's problems.
John Hsuan, designated CEO of TMC, is going to travel to Japan and the US to talk with Elpida and Micron Technology. Both companies have technology TMC wants to lay its hands on. Micron Technology already offered to transfer 2,500 patents to TMC if it gets a stake in the company. Micron is suffering, just like its competitors. The US-based DRAM maker previously announced it would have to lay off 2,000 employees in order to reduce costs.
Meanwhile, Hsuan had to deny a report in Chinese-language media stating investor Silver Lake and US company Kingston Technology were set to invest in TMC. A complete business plan for TMC is still in the works and so far no agreements have been signed with any firm. Hsuan will reveal a technology partner end of March. TMC is being formed to restructure Taiwan's DRAM industry and develop much-needed IP for the island as a whole, in an effort to stay competitive with South Korean rivals Hynix and Samsung. X
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