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Numonyx B.V., the flash memory company formed by Intel and ST Microelectronics in March of this year, announced a five year agreement with Hynix Semiconductor to expand pre-existing joint development programmes for the NAND flash memory segment. They will also collaborate on mobile (as in mobile phone) DRAM development.
“Together, Hynix and Numonyx will develop a complete range of products on leading edge technologies that will enable both companies to win in the NAND segment,” said Jong-Kap Kim, chairman and CEO of Hynix.
Brian Harrison, president and CEO at Numonyx, added: “The complementary expertise from Hynix will certainly help strengthen our NAND position in the wireless segment in particular.”
The way the press release puts it, this seems to be a combination of the intellectual property and technological expertise of Numonyx and the manufacturing capabilities of Hynix, but it’s presumably more complicated than that. Either way they expect the joint venture to: “make a positive impact in market penetration and increasing market share for integrated NAND solutions such as MicroSD, eMMC, and SSD.”
The mobile DRAM collaboration appears to be consistent with Intel’s continuing emphasis on the mobile device markets. The press release says: “This collaboration on mobile DRAM will allow both companies to ship more cost effective, low power multi-chip memory subsystems to customers requiring small form factors.”
Press release: Numonyx and Hynix Extend Efforts to Introduce New, Innovative NAND Flash Memory Products and Technologies
