Taiwan-based DRAM maker Inotera Memories suffered a net loss of NT$7.954 billion (US$270 million) for the first half of 2011, according to the company at an investors conference on July 19.
Inotera expects a capex of NT$17 billion in 2011, shrinking 69.1% form 2010. The proportion of total input of 12-inch wafers for 42nm technology increased to 50% in June 2011, Inotera said. Inotera said it will start trial production based on 30nm technology in the third quarter and kick off volume production in 2012.
Inotera has extended production from PC-use DRAM to server-use DRAM and mobile RAM, with server DRAM shipments beginning to significantly grow in the second quarter of 2011.