ProMOS: Six DRAM fabs coming on board
Given that its quarterly sales should have bottomed in the second quarter of 2007, ProMOS Technologies is delivering a positive prospect over its business outlook throughout 2007 amid the extending influence of Windows Vista, according to company chairman ML Chen. ProMOS is committed to its five-year expansion plan and is planning to house six 12-inch fabs in total.
Besides slow season impacts, weakening DRAM prices should suppress quarterly sales growth in the second quarter, Chen told DigiTimes. He was also cited by Taiwan Chinese media in saying that DRAM prices should rebound during May. Business prospects should show a positive trend in the second half of 2007 when seasonality upturns arrive and Vista extends its influence over the memory sector, he stressed. For ProMOS itself, the enlarging production scale on 70nm should also promise a better outlook for the company. After announcing volume production on 70nm, ProMOS reiterated satisfaction over 70nm production, noting that wafer starts should reach 15,000 wafers in April, up from 7,500-8,000 in March, according to company vice president of sales and marketing group Ben Tseng. For Fab 3, ProMOS’s second 12-inch fab, as a whole, wafer starts are expected to reach 60,000 wafers by year-end of 2007, up from over 50,000 in April.
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