“So far, we have heard many comments from employees at Formosa Plastics Group [FPG, 台塑集團], but we are still waiting for their actual proposal,” he said.
Earlier this month, Nanya Technology Corp (南亞科技) and Inotera Memories Inc (華亞科技), both under FPG, were reportedly seeking government funds for research and development purposes.
Powerchip Semiconductor Corp (力晶半導體), the nation’s top computer memory chipmaker, yesterday said it was considering filing a proposal to vie for a possible cash injection from the government, as company spokesman Eric Tang (譚仲民) said the IDB’s four main requirements looked achievable.
Nanya Technology, the nation’s No. 2 DRAM supplier, which has called for fair government support for players beside TMC, said it would try for a new capital infusion.
“We have been doing what the government wants. Now we have clearer ideas about how to meet the government’s requirements,” Nanya Technology spokesman Pai Pei-lin (白培霖) said by telephone. “We will vie for [government funding].”
Shifting away from Germany’s Qimonda AG, Nanya Technology is now collaborating with Micron Technology Inc in developing 50-nanometer and more advanced technologies and will own the intellectual patents jointly with the US memory company.
To match government demand, Pai said “we will not rule out mergers and acquisitions.”
DRAM company representatives were scheduled to meet IDB officials today to obtain more information.
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