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Infineon Links With Saifun For Flash
Infineon Technologies and Saifun Semiconductors of Israel have set up Infineon Technologies Flash GmbH & Co. KG to develop Flash memory products. The joint venture has plans to integrate DRAM and Flash expertise. Infineon Flash stems from the Ingentix joint venture set up in 2001 by Infineon and Saifun. Infineon now holds 70% of the joint venture with headquarters in Dresden, Germany. As a result it is expected that 40 new jobs will be created in the area.
Infineon Technologies and Saifun Semiconductors of Israel have set up Infineon Technologies Flash GmbH & Co. KG to develop Flash memory products. The joint venture has plans to integrate DRAM and Flash expertise. Infineon Flash stems from the Ingentix joint venture set up in 2001 by Infineon and Saifun. Infineon now holds 70% of the joint venture with headquarters in Dresden, Germany. As a result it is expected that 40 new jobs will be created in the area.
Infineon Flash is managed jointly by Dr. Peter Kuecher (CEO), who previously was responsible for Infineon's 300mm development and production, and by Ramy Langer (CMO) from Saifun.
"The first customers are currently being supplied with product samples of 64MByte Flash memories," reports Langer.
Saifun's NROMs store two bits inside one cell for increase memory capacity. Volume production of the first data flash memories is scheduled to start in H2 2003. The first program flash memories will follow in early 2004. Infineon Flash produces both the flash memory and the necessary controller chips.