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Elpida and Japan IncSemiWiki - Paul McLellanMar. 12, 2012 |
Last week, the Japanese memory company Elpida filed for bankruptcy. There is worldwide overcapacity in DRAM and somebody had to go. Its strength and the weakness was that it was much more outward facing than most of the Japanese semiconductor and electronic industry. So it had to compete globally and wasn't up to the task.
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