April 01, 2008 09:43 PM Eastern Time 

Elpida’s DDR3 SO-DIMM Receives Intel’s Validation

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elpida Memory, Inc. (“Elpida”) today announced that it has received Intel’s validation for its next-generation main memory DDR3 SO-DIMM. The upcoming Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology mobile platform is supported by Elpida's DDR3 SO-DIMM production capabilities.

Since completing development of its DDR3 SDRAM in August 2005, Elpida began delivering DIMM samples at the end of 2005 and has been developing faster high-speed technologies. In May 2007 Elpida received Intel’s desktop platform validation of its DDR3 main memory. Now Elpida has received Intel’s mobile platform validation for its DDR3 SO-DIMM.

“We are very pleased to have Elpida’s DDR3 technology validated on Intel’s next generation mobile platform” said Ali Sarabi, Director of Industry Initiatives & Pathfinding at Intel Corporation. “DDR3 memory technology is especially beneficial in mobile systems as it provides better performance while reducing power.”

Elpida is now shipping DDR3 for high-end desktop PCs and will start shipments to notebook PC and server vendors making the transition from DDR2 to DDR3. Elpida’s DDR3 memory products are recognized for their high-speed, low power consumption, stable operation and mass production capabilities. They are already shipped in large volumes as standard-use products to makers of high-end desktop PC & Work Station systems. Major notebook customers are validating Elpida’s SO-DIMM.

As a leading vendor of DDR3 Elpida has a diverse line-up of DDR3 products. Elpida will make it possible to support not only DDR3-1066/800 but also in the near future DDR3-1600/1333 products. DDR3 shipments are likely to increase based on Elpida’s plans to introduce improved high-speed, low-cost next-generation products in summer 2008 and 50nm process products in 2009.

Products Which Have Received Intel's Validation

• 2GB
  EBJ21UE8BASA-AE-E (DDR3-1066)
  EBJ21UE8BASA-8C-E (DDR3-800)
• 1GB
  EBJ11UE6BASA-AE-E (DDR3-1066)
  EBJ11UE6BASA-8C-E (DDR3-800)
• 512MB
  EBJ51UE6BASA-AE-E (DDR3-1066)
  EBJ51UE6BASA-8C-E (DDR3-800)

About DDR3 SO-DIMM

DDR3 SO-DIMM is the newest advanced memory product for notebooks PCs and is able to achieve low-power consumption using low voltage of 1.5V. To realize high-speed operation, DDR3 SO-DIMM employs component-level 8-bit pre-fetch and fly-by topology at the DIMM level to improve signal integrity. To avoid flight-time difference between DQ/DM/DQS signals and achieve high-speed operations the DDR3 system uses a de-skew mechanism to compensate for flight-time difference.

About Elpida Memory, Inc.

Elpida Memory, Inc., (Tokyo Stock Exchange Code 6665), is a leading manufacturer of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) integrated circuits. Our design, manufacturing, and sales operations are backed by our world class technology expertise. Our manufacturing facilities, Hiroshima Elpida Memory, Inc. (wafer processing) and Akita Elpida Memory, Inc. (packaging and testing), utilize the most advanced manufacturing technologies available. Elpida’s advanced product portfolio features such characteristics as high-density, high-speed, low power and small packing profiles. We provide DRAM solutions across a wide range of applications, including high-end servers, mobile phones and digital consumer electronics. For more information about Elpida, please visit http://www.elpida.com.

Intel and Centrino are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Information in this news release is current as of the timing of the release but may be revised later without notice.