AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) is a worldwide leading manufacturer of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels (TFT-LCD). AUO is able to provide customers a full range of panel sizes and comprehensive applications, offering TFT-LCD panels in sizes ranging from 1.2 inches to greater than 65 inches. AUO is the first TFT-LCD manufacturer in Taiwan to mass produce TFT-LCD panels by means of G3.5, G4, G5, G6, G7.5 and G8.5 fabrications. Additionally, the amassed production of the company's G6 reached worldwide top 1.

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Macronix is a leading provider of innovative Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) semiconductor solutions, ranked #1 in ROM & Serial Flash and #4 in NOR Flash industry respectively. Being the largest and the most advanced supplier of ROM products worldwide, the company currently produces a wide range of Parallel and Serial NOR Flash products. Our Flash products address the nonvolatile memory requirements in embedded, consumer, computer, networking and enterprise applications.

Macronix was established in 1989 in the Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan. The Company is one of the very few suppliers offering Serial Flash products from 512Kbit to 256Mbit densities. We also provide Flash products with extremely small packages as well as very thin packages in space-constrained applications to satisfy the market demand. In our ROM Business, XtraROM™ products with 65-nanometer process have been delivered. Macronix also offers a Known Good Die (KGD) program for System In Package (SIP) solutions.

Macronix owns one 8-inch wafer fab (Fab 2) and one 6-inch wafer fab (Fab 1). The Company designs and fabricates its nonvolatile memory products in Fab 2. Fab 1 focuses on strategic foundry business for niche logic products. To provide the next generation of nonvolatile memory solutions, Macronix is jointly developing technology for Phase Change memories along with its high technology alliance partners in the world. We also announced the world's first Flash prospective technology, BE-SONOS™.

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Nanya Technology Corporation was founded on March 4, 1995. The company conducts research and development, design, manufacturing, and sales of DRAM products, with worldwide sales offices in USA, Europe, Japan and China. The main shareholder is Nanya Plastics Corporations of the Formosa Plastics Group. In 2008, the company achieved USD 1,153 million in revenue, representing a 31 percent down year-over-year.

Nanya Technology Corp. currently owns both 8-inch and 12-inch Fabs, located in Nan Kan, Taoyuan and Nanlin Technology Park, Taipei County respectively. The 12-inch Fab (Fab-3A) will convert to the next-generation 50-nanometer stack technology in the third quarter of 2009. 

In April, 2008, Nanya and Micron Technology executed a Joint Technology Development Agreement. Nanya and Micron will share the total output from Inotera Memories Inc., which will also convert to 50nm stack technology in the third quarter of 2009. This strategic collaboration will leverage Nanya and Micron’s manufacturing technology, and will greatly enhance both companies’ competitiveness in the DRAM industry.

For more information about Nanya, please visit www.nanya.com