Qimonda

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Qimonda AG
Type	Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE: QI)
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Key people	Kin Wah Loh, CEO
Industry	Semiconductors
Products	DRAM
Revenue	4.89 billion USD (2006)
Employees	12,000
Website	www.Qimonda.com

Qimonda AG (NYSE: QI), the new memory company carved out of Infineon Technologies AG on May 1, 2006, is the 2nd largest DRAM company worldwide (according to the industry research firm Gartner Dataquest), a leader in 300mm manufacturing, and one of the top suppliers of DRAM products for the PC and Server markets. Infineon, the company from which Qimonda was spun off, still controls an 85% stake. The EBIT profit was 259 million USD. It has approximately 12,000 employees worldwide including 1,800 in R&D with access to five 300 mm manufacturing sites on three continents. It operates five major R&D facilities, including its lead R&D-center in Dresden. With a historical emphasis on PC and server products, the company is now focusing on products for graphics, mobile and consumer applications using its power-saving trench technology. Qimonda AG is listed on the NYSE with the ticker symbol QI and is based in Munich, Germany. The company has issued 42 million American Depository Shares (ADS), each representing one ordinary share of Qimonda.

Contents 1 Meaning Of Qimonda 2 Achievements 3 Alliances 4 Products 5 External links 6 Competitors

[edit] Meaning Of Qimonda

The name and brand identity of Qimonda express the philosophy and personality of the company, illustrating its vision and values. The word “Qimonda” carries different meanings and allows associations in different languages.“Qi” stands for breathing and flowing energy, while the word “monda” denotes “world” in Latin-based languages. The interpretation as “key to the world” (key-monda) is intuitive.

[edit] Achievements

Qimonda was among the first DRAM suppliers to transition a substantial portion of the manufacturing to 300mm technology. Approximately 2/3 of the DRAM bits shipped are manufactured using 300mm wafers^{[citation needed]}. In September 18th, 2006 Qimonda AG along with Nanya Technology Corporation announced the successful qualification of the 75nm DRAM Trench technology. Process structures of 75nm further reduce chip size compared to the previous 90nm technology thereby increasing potential chip output per wafer by about 40 percent^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Alliances

Qimonda has strategic alliances with Nanya Technology Corporation (e. g. the joint-venture Inotera); China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Venture Co., Ltd.; SMIC; Winbond Electronics Corporation; IBM; Altis; AMD Inc.; and Toppan Photomasks, Inc.

[edit] Products

• Computing DRAM
• Graphics RAM
• Consumer DRAM
• Mobile-RAM
• Flash Memory

[edit] External links

• Qimonda website
• Nintendo Wii game console uses Qimonda GDDR3 graphics RAM[1]

[edit] Competitors

• Hynix
• Micron Technology
• Samsung
• Elpida Memory