This new ultra highly-integrated semiconductor will have a total of 53.5 million transistors with enhanced low power-consumption and at a reduced cost. Mass production with 90 nanometer embedded DRAM process leads ITRS, the industry standard roadmap of semiconductor technologies, and comes six months ahead of others in the industry. Production of the new semiconductor will start from this spring in Oita TS Semiconductor (OTSS), a joint venture between SCEI and Toshiba Corporation, and in the fall in Fab, SCEI’s own semiconductor fabrication facility in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture.

Since 1999, SCEI’s Fab and OTSS have jointly invested approximately 300 billion yen. Starting with 180 nanometer process, further enhancements have been made at both facilities, with the introduction of 90 nanometer process fabrication line currently taking place. The world’s highest productivity with 180 – 140 nanometer embedded DRAM process and logic process is achieved in their respective facilities and the introduction of mass production with 90 nanometer embedded DRAM process further accelerates the company’s endeavor to achieve the very highest standards in semiconductor fabrication.

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