Computer Memory: Important Trends and Directions
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Computer Memory: Important Trends and Directions (report)This comprehensive study analyzes the $29 billion computer memory chip market. Emerging memory architectures, cell designs and manufacturing process technologies are expected to dramatically affect the memory chip market.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

XXIX

  • VERTICAL MARKET OVER INDEPENDENCE?

XXIX
  • EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

XXXI
  • STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

XXXI
  • REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY

XXXII
  • CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY AND FOR WHOM

XXXII
  • SCOPE AND FORMAT

XXXIII
  • METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES

XXXIV
  • AUTHOR'S CREDENTIALS

XXXV
  • RELATED BCC PUBLICATIONS

XXXVI
  • REPORTS

XXXVI
  • MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS

XXXVI
  • BCC ON-LINE SERVICES

XXXVI

SUMMARY

XXXVIII

Summary Table:
WORLDWIDE MARKET FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, THROUGH 2007 ($ MILLIONS)

XXXIX

Summary Figure:
WORLDWIDE MARKET FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, 1999-2007 ($ MILLIONS)

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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

1
  • COMPUTER MEMORY MARKET DEFINITION

1
  • IMPORTANCE OF MEMORY IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY

1

Table 1. DIMENSIONS OF ROTATING MEMORY AND NONROTATING MEMORY

2
  • BANDWIDTH

2

Table 2. SPECIFICATIONS OF ROTATING MEMORY AND NONROTATING, NONVOLATILE MEMORY

3
  • POWER CONSUMPTION

3
    • Power Consumption (Continued)

4
  • DISPLACEMENT OF ROTATING MEDIA WITH MEMORY CHIP PRODUCTS

5

Table 3. WORLDWIDE NONSEMICONDUCTOR COMPUTER MEMORY (STORAGE) MARKET, 2001 (NON-CHIP MEMORY MARKETS, MILLIONS OF UNITS)

5
  • WORLDWIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY MARKET OVERVIEW

6

Table 4. WORLDWIDE AVERAGE SELLING PRICE OF DIFFERENT MEMORY CHIPS, 1999-2007 (128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS; IN $)

7

Table 5. WORLDIWDE MEMORY CHIP PRICES FOR DIFFERENT MEMORY TYPES, 2001 (PRICE PER MEGABIT, IN $)

8

Table 6. WORLWIDE UNIT SHIPMENTS BY MEMORY CHIP TYPE, THROUGH 2007 (128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

8

Table 7. WORLDWIDE MEMORY REVENUE BY MEMORY CHIP TYPE, THROUGH 2007 ($ MILLIONS)

9
  • COMPUTER MEMORY PRODUCT MARKET SUBSEGMENTS

10
  • COMPUTER MEMORY PRODUCT MARKET SUBSEGMENTS (CONTINUED)

11
  • COMPUTER MEMORY PRODUCT MARKET SUBSEGMENTS (CONTINUED)

12

Table 8. WORLWIDE MEMORY CELLULAR PHONE APPLICATIONS BY MEMORY CHIP TYPE, TROUGH 2007 (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

13
  • COMPUTER MEMORY PRODUCT MARKET SUBSEGMENTS (CONTINUED)

14

Table 9. WORLDWIDE MEMORY CHIP UNIT SALES FOR PC MAIN MEMORY, BY MEMORY CHIP TYPE, THROUGH 2007 (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

15
  • COMPUTER MEMORY PRODUCT MARKET SUBSEGMENTS (CONTINUED)

16

Table 10. MEMORY CHIP PRODUCTS BY TYPE AND DENSITY

17
  • COMPUTER MEMORY PRODUCT MARKET SUBSEGMENTS (CONTINUED)

18
  • REGIONAL AND COMPANY OVERVIEW

19

Table 11. MEMORY PRODUCTION REVENUE BY REGIONAL BASE, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

20

Table 12. WORLDWIDE MEMORY CHIP SALES BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

21

Table 12. (CONTINUED)

22
  • REGIONAL AND COMPANY OVERVIEW (CONTINUED)

23
  • REGIONAL AND COMPANY OVERVIEW (CONTINUED)

24
  • TERMINOLOGY

25

Table 13. COMPUTER MEMORY TERMINOLOGY

26

Table 13. (CONTINUED)

27
  • HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER MEMORY CHIP MARKET

27
  • HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER MEMORY CHIP MARKET (CONTINUED)

28
  • HISTORICAL ACQUSITIONS, MERGERS AND JOINT VENTURES

29
    • Historical Acqusitions, Mergers and Joint Ventures (Continued)

30

Table 14. SUMMARY OF ACQUISITONS BY MEMORY COMPANIES, 1995-2001

31
  • FUTURE INFLUENCES ON THE COMPUTER MEMORY MARKET

32

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

33
  • WORLDWIDE COMPUTER MEMORY INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

33

Table 15. COMPUTER MEMORY COMPANIES BY PRIMARY PRODUCT CATEGORY

34
  • TYPES OF MEMORY CHIP COMPANIES

35

Table 16. MEMORY SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES BY TIER-MARKET SEGMENT

36
  • END-USER MARKETS OF COMPUTER MEMORY

37

Table 17. PRIMARY END-PRODUCT MARKETS FOR COMPUTER MEMORY CHIPS

38

Table 18. PC CUSTOMER BASE BY REGION

39

Table 19. WORLDWIDE MEMORY CARD/MODULE REVENUE, 2000 ($ MILLIONS)

40

Table 20. JAPAN'S SECURE DATA (SD) CARD PRODUCTION BY SITE, 2000 (UNITS PER MONTH)

40
  • GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS

41
  • INFLUENCES ON SALES

41
  • INFLUENCES ON PRICES

42
    • Computer Memory: Silicon Area and Price

43

Table 21. SILICON AREA FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMORY CHIPS

44
    • Memory Chip Electrical Specifications

45

Table 22. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF MEMORY CHIPS

46
  • PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

46

Table 23. DISTRIBUTORS OF MEMORY CHIPS

47
  • INTERNATIONAL

48

Table 24. MEMORY CONSUMPTION BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION, THROUGH 2007 ($ MILLIONS)

49

Table 25. MEMORY CHIP COMPANY SALES BY REGION, 2001 (PERCENT OF TOTAL COMPANY SALES)

50

Table 26. U.S. EXPORTS OF MEMORY BY PRODUCT TYPE, 2001 (MILLION UNITS, $ MILLIONS)

51

Table 27. U.S. IMPORTS OF MEMORY BY PRODUCT TYPE, 2001 (MILLION UNITS, $ MILLIONS)

51

Table 27. (CONTINUED)

52

Table 28. KOREAN MEMORY EXPORTS BY TYPE, SECOND QUARTER 2002 ($ MILLIONS)

52
  • DRAM MEMORY CONSUMPTION BY REGION

53

Table 29. DRAM CONSUMPTION BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION, 1999 THROUGH 2007 ($ MILLIONS)

53

Table 30. KOREAN EXPORTS OF DRAMS TO THE U.S., 2001 (MILLION UNITS, $ MILLIONS)

54

Table 31. KOREAN DRAM EXPORTS BY PRODUCT TYPE, 2000-2002 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

55

Table 32. KOREAN DRAM EXPORTS BY PRODUCT TYPE (PERCENT OF TOTAL KOREAN DRAM EXPORT SALES)

56

Table 33. MICRON TECHNOLOGY'S TOTAL PRODUCT REVENUE BY REGION, 1999-2001* ($ MILLIONS)

56
    • DRAM Memory Consumption by Region (Continued)

57

Table 34. U.S. EXPORTS OF DRAMS BY COUNTRY, 2001

58
  • FLASH AND EEPROM CONSUMPTION BY REGION

59

Table 35. FLASH CONSUMPTION BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION, THROUGH 2007 ($ MILLIONS)

59

Table 36. NONVOLATILE MEMORY EXPORTS FROM THE U.S., 2001

60

Table 37. U.S. IMPORTS OF EEPROMS, BY COUNTRY, 2001 (> 900 KBITS)

60

Table 38. U.S. EXPORTS/IMPORTS, EEPROMS, 2001

61
  • HIGH GROWTH END MARKET PRODUCTION REGIONS

61
    • High Growth End Market Production Regions (Continued)

62

Table 39. COMPUTER EQUIPMENT IMPORTS INTO THE U.S., BY COUNTRY, 1998-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

63

Table 40. CHINA'S PC COMPANIES AND PRODUCTION, 2000-2002 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

64

Table 41. CHINA'S CELLULAR PHONE COMPANIES AND PRODUCTION, 2000-2002 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

65

Table 42. NOKIA REVENUE FROM CHINA, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

65
  • INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR OTHER TYPES OF MEMORY

66

MANUFACTURING AND TECHOLOGY

67

Figure 1. TRANSISTOR SIZE AND FEATURE LENGTH

67

Figure 2. FORMULA FOR SILICON AREA AS A FUNCTION OF FEATURE LENGTH

68

Table 43. FLASH PROCESS TECHNOLOGY FEATURE LENGTH, BY YEAR, 1986-2002

69
  • MEMORY CELL SIZE AND FEATURE LENGTH

69

Table 44. MEMORY CELL SIZES IN TERMS OF SCALE FACTOR S

70
  • WAFER PRODUCTION CAPACITY, COSTS AND YIELD

71

Table 45. SILICON SURFACE AREA FOR DIFFERENT SIZE WAFERS (YIELD OF 75%)

71

Figure 3. WAFER EDGE LOSS

72

Table 46. WAFER FABRICATION FACILITY COSTS (200 MM)

73

Table 47. FEATURE LENGTH MANUFACTURING CAPACITY, BY COMPANY, 2002

74

WORLDWIDE NONVOLATILE MEMORY MARKET

75
  • NONVOLATILE MEMORY PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY

75

Table 48. NONVOLATILE MEMORY CHIP SPECIFICATIONS

76
  • NONVOLATILE MEMORY PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY

77

Table 49. NONVOLATILE MARKET REVENUE BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

78

Table 49. (CONTINUED)

79
  • FLASH MARKET OVERVIEW

80
  • FLASH MARKET SHIPMENTS

81

Table 50. WORLDWIDE FLASH SHIPMENTS, REVENUE AND ASP, THROUGH 2007

82
  • FLASH PRODUCT MARKET SEGMENTS

82

Table 51. WORLDWIDE FLASH SALES BY TYPE, THROUGH 2007 ($ MILLIONS)

83
    • The NOR Flash Market

83

Table 52. NOR FLASH REVENUE BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

84
      • The NOR Flash Market (Continued)

85
    • The NAND Flash Market

86

Table 53. APPLICATIONS OF NAND FLASH BY MARKET, 2001 (PERCENT OF REVENUE)

86

Table 54. NAND/AND FLASH REVENUE BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

87

Table 55. NAND/AND FLASH SHIPMENTS BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

88

Figure 4. SANDISK ANNUAL REVENUE, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

89

Table 56. SONY MEMORY STICK SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION, 1999-2002 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

90
      • NAND/AND Product Specifications

90
  • FLASH MARKET DEMAND BY APPLICATION

91

Table 57. FLASH DEMAND MODEL, BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2007 (128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS, MILLIONS OF UNITS)

92
    • The Cellular Phone Market

93
      • The Cellular Phone Market (Continued)

94

Figure 5. CELLULAR PHONE DESIGN

95

Table 58. CELLULAR FLASH CUSTOMER BASE BY REGION

96
    • Flash Card Market

96
    • PDA Market

97

Table 59. PDA AND HANDHELD PC COMPANIES BY REGION

98

Table 60. PALM INC. ANNUAL REVENUE BY YEAR, 1997-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

98
    • Digital Camera Market

99

Figure 6. DIGITAL CAMERA FLASH DESIGN

100

Table 61. DIGITAL CAMERA COMPANIES BY REGION

101
    • The Set-Top Market

101
      • The Set-Top Market (Continued)

102

Table 62. SET-TOP COMPANIES BY REGION

103
    • Flash Bios Market

103
      • Flash Bios Market (Continued)

104

Table 63. SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY SALES, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

105

Table 64. SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY FLASH CHIP PRICES, 2002 (FOR PURCHASE ORDERS OF 100,000 UNITS)

105
    • DVD Market

106

Table 65. DVD COMPANIES BY REGION

107
    • GPS Market

107
    • Internet Phone Market

107
    • Internet Audio Player Market

108

Table 66. INTERNET AND AUDIO PLAYER COMPANIES

108
    • The Automotive Market

109
    • Other Markets

109
  • FLASH PRODUCT SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION AND COMPANY

110

Table 67. NOR FLASH SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION AND COMPANY, 2001 (UNITS, MILLIONS OF 128 KBIT EQUIVALENTS)

111
    • Flash Product Shipments by Application and Company (Continued)

112

Table 68. NOR FLASH SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION AND COMPANY, 2000 (UNITS, MILLIONS OF 128 KBIT EQUIVALENTS)

113

Table 69. FLASH SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION AND COMPANY, 1999 (UNITS, MILLIONS OF 128 KBIT EQUIVALENTS)

114
    • Flash Product Shipments by Application and Company (Continued)

115
    • Flash Product Shipments by Application and Company (Continued)

116

Table 70. FLASH CUSTOMER BASE, BY COMPANY

117

Table 71. ATMEL CUSTOMER BASE BY CUSTOMER

118
  • NOR FLASH SHIPMENTS BY COMPANY AND PRODUCT TYPE

118

Table 72. 128-MBIT NOR FLASH EQUILVALENT SHIPMENTS BY COMPANY (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENT UNITS)

118

Table 72. (CONTINUED)

119

Table 73. NOR FLASH SHIPMENTS BY PRODUCT TYPE AND COMPANY, 2001 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

119

Table 73. (CONTINUED)

120
  • NOR Flash Shipments by Company and Product Type (Continued)

121
  • NOR Flash Shipments by Company and Product Type (Continued)

122

Table 74. FLASH SHIPMENTS BY PRODUCT TYPE AND COMPANY, 2000 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

123

Table 74. (CONTINUED)

124
  • FLASH PRICING AND THE MARKET

125

Table 75. NAND FLASH CHIP PRICING, 1999-2002 ($ PER CHIP)

126

Table 76. NOR FLASH CHIP PRICING, 1998-2002 ($ PER CHIP; QUANTITY OF 10K+)

127
  • OTHER FLASH COMPANIES

127

Table 77. OTHER FLASH COMPANIES

128

Table 77. (CONTINUED)

129
  • FLASH DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY

129

Table 78. FLASH CELL SIZE VERSUS FEATURE LENGTH

130
    • Flash Design and Manufacturing Technology

131
    • Flash Production Capacity Calculations

132

Table 79. FLASH DIE SIZE, PROCESS TECHNOLOGY, AND DIE PER WAFER

133
      • Flash Production Capacity Calculations (Continued)

134

Table 80. GBITS AND REVENUE PER WAFER BY TYPE AND FEATURE LENGTH, 2001 (75% YIELD, 200-MM WAFER SIZE)

135
  • WORLDWIDE NOR FLASH WAFER PRODUCTION CAPACITY

136
    • Worldwide NOR Flash Wafer Production Capacity (Continued)

137
    • Worldwide NOR Flash Wafer Production Capacity (Continued)

138

Table 81. NOR FLASH WAFER PRODUCTION CAPACITY BY COMPANY, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 8-INCH WAFERS)

139
    • 300-mm Flash Wafer Production Capacity

140

Table 82. 300-MM FLASH MEMORY WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, 1998-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 12 INCH WAFERS)

141
  • REGIONAL FLASH PRODUCTION ANALYSIS

141

Table 83. WORLDWIDE TOTAL NAND/NOR FLASH PRODUCTION CAPACITY, BY REGION, THROUGH 2007 (THOUSANDS OF 8-INCH WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

142
    • Taiwan

143

Table 84. TAIWAN FLASH WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, 1998-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 8-INCH EQUIVALENT WAFERS)

143
      • Taiwan (Continued)

144
      • Taiwan (Continued)

145

Figure 7. MACRONIX FLASH SALES BY MONTH, 2001 ($ MILLIONS)

146
      • Taiwan (Continued)

147
    • China

148

Table 85. CHINA'S FLASH WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, 1998-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

148
    • Singapore and Malaysia

148

Table 86. SINGAPORE/MALAYSIA FLASH WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFERS)

149
    • Japan

149

Table 87. JAPAN'S WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFERS)

150
      • Japan (Continued)

151
    • Korea

152

Table 88. KOREA'S FLASH WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, 1998-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 8-INCH WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

153
    • Europe and the Middle East

153

Table 89. EUROPE'S FLASH WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 8-INCH WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

154

Table 90. STMICROELECTRONICS PROCESS ROAD MAP, 1998-2002

155
    • North America

155
      • Intel Flash Manufacturing Capacity

155
      • Intel Flash Manufacturing Capacity (Continued)

156

Table 91. NORTH AMERICAN 200-MM FLASH WAFER PRODUCTION CAPACITY, 1998-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFERS)

157
  • FLASH SUPPLY CONTRACTS

157

Table 92. SHARP FLASH SUPPLIER PRODUCTION, 2001-2002 (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

158

Table 93. FLASH AND EMBEDDED FLASH CONTRACT FOUNDRY SUPPLIERS

159

Figure 8. TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN

160

Figure 9. THE SMIC SUPPLY CHAIN

160

Figure 10. THE SHARP SUPPLY CHAIN

161

Figure 11. THE SST SUPPLY CHAIN

161

Figure 12. THE MITSUBISHI SUPPLY CHAIN

162

Table 94. MAJOR FLASH TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING AGREEMENTS

162
  • FERROELECTRIC MEMORY MARKET

163
  • FERAM MARKET SIZE AND DEVELOPMENTS

163
    • FERAM Market Size and Developments (Continued)

164

Table 95. WORLDWIDE FERROELECTRIC MARKET PRODUCT SHIPMENTS, 2000-2007 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

165

Table 96. RAMTRON FERAM PRODUCT REVENUE, 1996-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

166

Table 97. FERROELECTRIC COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

167
  • FERROELECTRIC PRODUCTION CAPACITY

168

Table 98. FERAM PRODUCTION LEVELS OF SELECTED MANUFACTURERS, 1999-2002 (MILLIONS OF 128 KBIT EQUIVALENTS)

168
      • Ferroelectric Production Capacity (Continued)

169
  • FERROELECTRIC APPLICATIONS

170

Table 99. APPLICATIONS FOR RAMTRON'S PRODUCTS

171
  • FERROELECTRIC MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY

171

Table 100. FERROELECTRIC CELL SIZE VERSUS FEATURE LENGTH

172

Table 101. FERROELECTRIC ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

173
  • FERROELECTRIC PRICING

173

Table 102. FERROELECTRIC MEMORY PRODUCT PRICING ($)

174
  • FERROELECTRIC LICENSE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS

174
    • Ramtron Licenses

174

Table 103. RAMTRON FERROELECTRIC LICENSE PARTNERS

174
      • Ramtron Licenses (Continued)

175
    • Ramtron Customer History

176

Table 104. RAMTRON'S TOP CUSTOMERS, 2000-2001

177
    • Symetrix Licensees

177
    • Texas Instruments

178
  • MRAM MEMORY MARKET

178
  • MRAM TECHNOLOGY

179

Table 105. 256-KBIT MRAM SPECIFICATIONS

180
  • MRAM DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERICALIZATION COMPANIES

180

Table 106. COMPANIES WITH MRAM DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, 2002

181
  • PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND DEVELOPMENTS

182
  • ROM MEMORY MARKET

183

Table 107. ROM REVENUE BY COMPANY, 1999-2001

184
  • ROM PRODUCT ANALYSIS

184

Table 108. ROM PRODUCT TYPES BY STORAGE DENSITY

185
  • ROM PRODUCTION

185
  • EPROM MEMORY MARKET

185
  • MEMORY CHIP COMPANY SALES BY REGION

186
    • EPROM Companies

186

Table 109. EPROM REVENUE BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

187
    • EPROM Embedded Technology

188
    • EPROM and Related Process Technologies

188
    • EPROM Applications

188

Table 110. EPROM APPLICATIONS

188
    • EPROM Products

189

Table 111. EPROM PRODUCTS BY STORAGE DENSITY

189
  • EEPROM MEMORY MARKET

189

Table 112. U.S. IMPORTS OF EEPROMS, 2001

190

Table 113. SERIAL EEPROMS BY COMPANY AND PRODUCT TYPE

191

Table 114. PARALLEL EEPROM PRODUCTS BY DENSITY

192
  • EEPROM MARKET

193

Table 115. EEPROM REVENUE BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

193
    • EEPROM Applications

193

Table 116. SERIAL AND PARALLEL EEPROM APPLICATIONS

194
      • EEPROM Applications (Continued)

195

Table 117. EEPROM FOUNDRIES

196

WORLDWIDE VOLATILE MEMORY MARKET

197

Table 118. VOLATILE MEMORY MARKET REVENUE BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

197

Table 118. (CONTINUED)

198
  • WORLDWIDE DRAM MARKET

198

Table 119. DRAM MARKET REVENUE, SHIPMENTS AND ASP, THROUGH 2007

199

Table 120. WORLDWIDE DRAM SHIPMENTS BY STORAGE DENSITY CAPACITY, 1999-2001 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

200

Table 121. U.S. IMPORTS OF DRAMS, 2001

200
  • MAJOR DRAM END MARKETS

201
    • Major DRAM End Markets (Continued)

202

Table 122. AVERAGE DRAM MEGABYTES PER PC SYSTEM SHIPPED, 1999-2002

203

Table 123. WORLDWIDE DRAM REVENUE FROM THE PC MARKET, THROUGH 2007 ($ MILLIONS)

203
    • Major DRAM End Markets (Continued)

204

Table 124. MEGABYTES OF MAIN MEMORY DRAM SHIPPED WITH DESKTOP COMPUTERS, BY MANUFACTURER, JUNE 2001 (OUT OF 454 MODELS SURVEYED)

205
  • SECONDARY DRAM END MARKETS

205

Table 125. DRAM DEMAND BY END MARKET SEGMENT, THROUGH 2007 (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

206
    • Graphics Memory Market

206
      • Graphics Memory Market (Continued)

207

Table 126. WORLDWIDE VIDEO GAME DRAM SHIPMENTS, THROUGH 2007 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

208

Figure 13. GRAPHICS AND MOTHERBOARD MEMORY

209
    • PDA/Handheld Computer Market

209
      • PDA/Handheld Computer Market (Continued)

210

Table 127. WORLDWIDE DRAM SHIPMENTS TO THE PDA MARKET, THROUGH 2007 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

211
    • DRAM Memory Card Market

211
    • Laser and Ink Jet Printer Markets

212
    • Disk Arrays

212
    • The Network Server and Router Market

213
    • The Workstation Market

214
    • The Automatic Test Equipment Market

214
    • DRAM Aftermarket

215
    • The Set-Top Box Market

215
    • Other Markets

215
  • DRAM AVERAGE SELLING PRICE AND THE MARKETPLACE

215

Figure 14. WORLDWIDE 128-MBIT DRAM PRICING, APRIL 2000-MARCH 2002 ($ PER UNIT)

216

Figure 15. PROMOS SALES BY MONTH, JAN. 2001-JAN. 2002 ($ MILLIONS)

217

Figure 15. (CONTINUED)

218

Table 128. WORLDWIDE DRAM ASP BY STORAGE DENSITY CAPACITY, 1999-2007 ($)

218

Table 129. KOREAN DRAM ASP BY PRODUCT TYPE, JAN. 2001-APR. 2002 ($)

219

Table 130. U.S. DRAMS IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 2001

220

Table 131. ASP OF DRAMS BY PRODUCT TYPE, 2001

220
  • DRAM MARKET SHARES BY REGION AND COMPANY

220
    • DRAM Market Shares by Region and?(Continued)

221

Table 132. DRAM MARKET REVENUE BY REGIONAL ORIGIN, THROUGH 2007 ($ MILLIONS)

222

Table 133. DRAM REVENUE BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

223
  • DRAM SHIPMENTS BY PRODUCT TYPE AND COMPANY

224

Table 134. DRAM SHIPMENTS BY COMPANY, 1999-2001 (128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

224

Table 134. (CONTINUED)

225

Table 135. DRAM SHIPMENTS BY STORAGE DENSITY AND COMPANY, 2001 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

226

Table 136. DRAM SHIPMENTS BY STORAGE DENSITY AND COMPANY, 2000 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

226

Table 137. DRAM SHIPMENTS BY STORAGE DENSITY AND COMPANY, 1999 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

227

Table 137. (CONTINUED)

228
  • DRAM SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION

228

Table 138. DRAM SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION, 2001 (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

229

Table 139. DRAM SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION, 2000 (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

230
    • DRAM Shipments by Application (Continued)

231

Table 140. DRAM CUSTOMER BASE BY COMPANY

232

Table 141. INFINEON'S TOP CUSTOMERS

233

Table 142 DRAM CUSTOMER BASE BY REGION

234

Table 142 (CONTINUED)

235
    • RDRAM Market

235

Table 143. INTEL MEMORY PRODUCTION INVESTMENTS ($ MILLIONS)

235
      • RDRAM Market (Continued)

236
      • RDRAM Applications

237
      • RDRAM Production

238

Table 144. RDRAM PRODUCTION BY COMPANY, 1999-2002 (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENT UNITS)

239
    • DDR DRAM Market

239

Table 145. DDR AND QDR DRAM UNIT SALES, THROUGH 2007 (MILLIONS OF UNITS)

240
      • DDR DRAM Market (Continued)

241
  • DDR DRAM MARKET SHARE AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY

242
    • DDR DRAM Market Share and Production Capacity (Continued)

243

Table 146. DDR DRAM PRODUCTION BY COMPANY, 1999-2002 (MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

244

Table 146. (CONTINUED)

245
  • DRAM MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY

245

Table 147. DRAM CELL SIZE AND PROCESS FEATURE LENGTH

246
    • DRAM Die Wafer Capacity and Production Costs

247

Table 148. DRAM PRODUCTION COSTS AS A FUNCTION OF WPM AND SIZE

248

Table 149. DRAM CAPACITY PER WAFER, BY COMPANY AND FEATURE LENGTH (75% YIELD, 200-MM WAFER DIAMETER)

249

Table 150. GBITS AND REVENUE PER WAFER, BY TYPE AND FEATURE LENGTH (75% YIELD, 200-MM WAFER SIZE)

250
  • REGIONAL DRAM PRODUCTION AND COMPANY ANALYSIS

250

Table 151. DRAM CAPACITY BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS; MILLIONS OF 128-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

251
    • Regional DRAM Production and Company Analysis (Continued)

252

Table 152. 300-MM DRAM MEMORY WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, BY COMPANY (THOUSANDS OF WAFERS)

253

Table 153. DRAM WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY BY COMPANY (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

254

Table 153. (CONTINUED)

255
    • U.S.

255

Table 154. NORTH AMERICAN DRAM WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY BY SITE, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

256
      • U.S. (Continued)

257
    • Korea

258
      • Korea (Continued)

259

Table 155. KOREA DRAM WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY BY SITE, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

260
    • Taiwan

261

Table 156. TAIWAN'S 200-MM DRAM WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

262
      • Taiwan (Continued)

263
      • Taiwan (Continued)

264
      • Taiwan (Continued)

265
      • Taiwan (Continued)

266
    • Singapore

267

Table 157. SINGAPORE DRAM WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY, BY SITE, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

267
    • China

268

Table 158. CHINA DRAM WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY BY SITE, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

269
    • Europe

269

Table 159. EUROPEAN DRAM WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY BY SITE, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

270
    • Japan

270
      • Japan (Continued)

271

Table 160. JAPAN DRAM WAFER FABRICATION CAPACITY BY SITE, 1999-2002 (THOUSANDS OF 200-MM WAFER EQUIVALENTS)

272
      • Japan (Continued)

273
  • SRAM MEMORY MARKET

274

Table 161. WORLDWIDE SRAM REVENUE SHIPMENTS AND ASP, THROUGH 2007

275

Table 162. U.S. SRAM IMPORTS BY DENSITY LEVEL, 2001

275

Table 163. U.S. SRAM IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 2001

276

Table 164. U.S. SRAMS EXPORTS BY COUNTRY

277

Table 165. SRAM DEMAND BY APPLICATION MODEL, THROUGH 2007 (2-MBIT EQUIVALENTS)

278
  • COMPANY MARKET SHARE

279

Table 166. SRAM REVENUE BY COMPANY ($ MILLIONS)

280
  • SRAM MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

281
    • SRAM Cell Technology

281

Table 167. SRAM CELL SIZE AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

282
    • SRAM and SOI Technology

283
    • Soft Error Rates

283
  • SRAM APPLICATIONS

283
    • SRAM Applications (Continued)

284
  • SRAM PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

285

Table 168. SRAM PRODUCT TYPES BY COMPANY

285

Table 168. (CONTINUED)

286

Table 169. SRAM PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

287

Table 169. (CONTINUED)

288
    • Regional SRAM Manufacturing

288
      • China

288
      • Japan

289

Table 170. JAPAN-BASED SRAM WAFER FABRICATION FACILITIES

289
      • Korea

290

Table 171. KOREAN BASED SRAM WAFER FABRICATION FACILITIES

290
      • Taiwan and Asia Pacific

291

Table 172. SRAM ASSEMBLY AND PACKAGING FACILITIES

291
      • U.S.

292

Table 173. U.S. BASED SRAM WAFER FABRICATION FACILITIES

292

WORLDWIDE SPECIALTY MEMORY MARKET

293
  • CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY MARKET (CAM)

293
  • CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY MARKET (CAM) (CONTINUED)

294

Table 174. STATISTICAL DATA OF CAM COMPANIES, 2001

295
  • CAM HISTORY

296
  • CAM PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS

296
  • CAM MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY

297

Table 175. CAM CELL AND MEMORY CHIP SIZES

297
  • CAM CUSTOMERS

298
  • PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY HISTORY

298
  • CAM MANUFACTURING CAPACITY

299
  • CAM PRODUCT OPERATION

300
  • CAM PRODUCTS AND PRICING

301

Table 176. CAM PRODUCTS BY COMPANY

301

Table 177. CAM PRICING

302
  • CAM APPLICATIONS

303

Table 178. CAM APPLICATIONS

303
  • 3D MEMORY MARKET

303
    • 3D Memory Market (Continued)

304

Table 179. MCP FLASH SRAM COMPANIES

305
  • PSEUDO SRAM (PSRAM) 1-T SRAM MARKET

306
  • PSRAM PRODUCT OFFERINGS

307

Table 180. PSRAM PRODUCTS BY COMPANY

308
  • PSRAM ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

308

Table 181. PSRAM ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

309
  • PSRAM PRODUCTION CAPACITY

310
  • LICENSE AGREEMENTS

310

Table 182. 1T SRAM CELL LICENSEES

311
  • PSRAM CUSTOMERS

312
  • FIFO MEMORY MARKET

312
  • IP CORE/EMBEDDED MEMORY TECHNOLOGY

312

Table 183. EMBEDDED MEMORY CAPACITY BY MEMORY TYPE

313
  • EMBEDDED MEMORY MARKET

314

Table 184. IP EMBEDDED MEMORY CORE SALES, 1999-2001 ($ MILLIONS)

315

Table 185. EMBEDDED IP MEMORY COMPANIES BY MEMORY PRODUCT

315

Table 185. (CONTINUED)

316

Table 186. EMBEDDED MEMORY FOUNDRIES

316
  • THE EMBEDDED SRAM MARKET

316
  • THE EMBEDDED FLASH MARKET

317
    • The Embedded Flash Market (Continued)

318
    • Licenses and Agreements

319
  • EMBEDDED FLASH PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

320
  • EMBEDDED FLASH FACILITIES

321
  • EMBEDDED EEPROM MARKET

321
  • EMBEDDED DRAM MARKET

321

Table 187. EMBEDDED DRAM APPLICATIONS

322
    • Agreements and Licenses

323
    • Embedded DRAM Integration Levels

323

Table 188. EMBEDDED DRAM TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION LEVELS

324
      • Embedded DRAM Integration Levels (Continued)

325
      • Embedded DRAM Integration Levels (Continued)

326
      • Embedded DRAM Integration Levels (Continued)

327
    • Embedded DRAM Products

328
  • EMBEDDED FERROELECTRIC MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY

329
  • APPLICATION SPECIFIC DRAM MARKETS

330
    • Application Specific DRAM Markets (Continued)

331

TECHNOLOGY AND PATENT DEVELOPMENTS

332
  • TECHNOLOGY AND PATENT DEVELOPMENTS (CONTINUED)

333
  • MAGNETORESITIVE TECHNOLOGY (MRAM)

334

Table 189. MOTOROLA MRAM CAM PATENTS

334

Figure 16. MAGNETORESISTIVE MEMORY CELL CIRCUIT

335

Table 190. MICROMEM MRAM PATENTS

336
  • NANOMEMORY TECHNOLOGY-THE END-GAME?

336
  • NANOMEMORY TECHNOLOGY-THE END-GAME? (CONTINUED)

337

Table 191. QUANTUM DOT COMPANIES AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS

338
  • PSRAM 1T PATENTS PATENTS

339

Table 192. 1T-SRAM DRAM CONTROLLER PATENTS

340
  • COMPUTER MEMORY LICENSEES

340
  • PATENTS AND LITIGATION

341
  • PATENT BREAKDOWN ANALYSIS

341

Table 193. PATENT HOLDINGS BY REGION AND MEMORY TYPE

342

Table 194. U.S. MEMORY PATENT HOLDINGS BY NORTH AMERICAN COMPANIES, JAN. 1996-APR. 2002

343

Table 195. JAPAN'S U.S. MEMORY PATENTS BY PRODUCT AND COMPANY, JAN. 1996-APR. 2002

343

Table 196. TAIWAN'S U.S. MEMORY PATENTS BY PRODUCT AND COMPANY, JAN. 1996-APR. 2002

344

Table 197. EUROPEAN U.S. MEMORY PATENTS BY PRODUCT AND COMPANY, JAN. 1996-APR. 2002

344

Table 198. KOREAN U.S. MEMORY PATENTS BY PRODUCT AND COMPANY, JAN. 1996-APR. 2002

344

COMPANY DIRECTORY

345
  • 1ST SILICON

345
  • 1ST SILICON (AMERICA) INC.

345
  • ALTIS SEMICONDUCTOR

345
  • ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES

346
  • ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR

346
  • ADVANCED MEMORY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

347
  • ANGSTREM

347
  • ATMEL

347
  • ASTRALUX, INCORPORATED

347
  • ATMOS SEMICONDUCTOR

348
  • AZALEA MICROELECTRONICS

348
  • BRILLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR

348
  • BRILLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

348
  • CATALYST SEMICONDUCTOR

349
  • CELLIS SEMICONDUCTOR

349
  • CRUCIAL TECHNOLGY

349
  • CRUCIAL TECHNOLOGY EUROPE

350
  • CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR

350
  • DOMINION SEMICONDUCTOR

351
  • DONGBHU ELECTRONICS

351
  • DONGBU CORPORATE

351
  • ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC.

352
  • ELPIDA MEMORY INC.

353
  • ELPIDA MEMORY USA

353
  • ENHANCED MEMORY DEVICES

353
  • EPSON ELECTRONICS AMERICA

353
  • FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR

354
  • FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL

354
  • FUJITSU AMD SEMICONDUCTOR

354
  • FUJITSU FRAM CENTRE

354
  • FUJITSU LTD.

354
  • FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS AMERICA

355
  • FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS EUROPE

355
  • GRACE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORP.

356
  • GSI TECHNOLOGY

356
  • HITACHI AMERICA

357
  • HITACHI LTD.

357
  • HITACHI NIPPON STEEL SEMICONDUCTOR SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

357
  • HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA

357
  • HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR

358
  • IBM MICROELECTRONICS

359
  • INNOVATIVE SILICON SOLUTIONS

359
  • INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES

359
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