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Spansion, Elpida Team on Wireless Memory Subsystem

Perhaps not as tightly on-topic re: AMD as before, but still salient.

Online staff -- Electronic News, 1/19/2006

Spansion will collaborate with DRAM supplier Elpida to create a complete memory subsystem for the wireless market.

The subsystem will incorporate MirrorBit NOR and ORNAND memory from the AMD/Fujitsu spin-off together with Elpida’s Mobile RAM, the companies said in a statement issued Thursday.

By combining these types of memory into a single subsystem, the companies will enable handset makers to design smaller cell phones with richer multimedia features.

Terms of the agreement between the companies were not disclosed.

"Spansion shares a common goal to deliver high-performance memory solutions to address the growing demands for more multimedia functionality in handsets with Elpida," said Bertrand Cambou, president and CEO of Spansion, in a statement . "By partnering with Elpida, a leading supplier of DRAMs for mobile applications, Spansion can offer a complete memory solution to meet our customers' requirements to deliver more features in smaller form factors.".....

http://www.reed-electronics.com/electronicnews/article/CA6300704.html?industryid=22113