Both companies are studying the pros and cons of staying in the money-losing business.
"We are studying whether we should delay the planned investment in Elpida next April," Shigeo Matsumoto, executive vice president in charge of investor relations at NEC, said at a dinner party with reporters. Hitachi is also considering every possible scenario, company spokesman Masanao Sato said.
Both companies reportedly plan to transform their own DRAM plants into facilities that produce non-volatile memory used in digital cameras and cellular phones.
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