Spansion Named Top NOR Flash Supplier in First Half 2004,
Reports iSuppli
—Officially Changes Name to Spansion
LLC—
SUNNYVALE, CA -- September 2, 2004 --Spansion LLC,
the Flash memory subsidiary of Advanced Micro Devices,
Inc. (NYSE: AMD) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6072), continued
to lead the NOR Flash industry during the first half of
2004 with a nearly 27% market share, six points higher
than the next nearest competitor, according to a new report
by market analysis firm iSuppli, El Segundo, CA.
"Customers in both the mobile-phone market and in the
broad market need a NOR Flash memory supplier that can
offer a full portfolio of products across all densities,"
said Betsy Van Hees, principal analyst for flash memory
at iSuppli. "They also need a supplier that can deliver
cost-competitive NOR flash memory products that offer
a clear migration path, that deliver cost benefits to
the end customer and that allow the supplier to maintain
price-performance leadership."
Key to SpansionIt's ascendancy has been its ability to
produce a broad range of Flash memory devices and the
introduction of its innovative MirrorBit™ technology,
which enables dramatically reduced production costs and
gives Spansion a significant competitive advantage.
MirrorBit technology is a comparatively simple but powerful
approach to storing two bits of data in a single Flash
memory cell using a fundamentally different and more efficient
technology compared to other solutions. Moreover, the
nature of MirrorBit technology allows the company to manufacture
it so efficiently that Spansion now offers the highest
NOR Flash device densities in the industry at 512 Mb.
MirrorBit technology gives handheld device manufacturers
the next-generation Flash memory architecture they need
to produce affordable and feature rich mobile products
that allow consumers to run advanced software applications,
play stunning 3D games, take ultra high resolution pictures
and videos, and conduct real-time video calls to friends,
family and business associates.
In conjunction with this first-year success, the company
also announced it has officially changed its name from
FASL LLC to Spansion LLC.
About Spansion LLC
Spansion™ Flash memory products encompass a broad
spectrum of densities and features to support a wide range
of markets. Spansion Flash memory customers represent
leaders in the wireless, cellular, automotive, networking,
telecommunications and consumer electronics markets. There
are a variety of Spansion Flash memory products, such
as devices based on the innovative MirrorBit™ technology;
the award-winning simultaneous read-write (SRW) product
family; super low-voltage 1.8-volt Flash memory devices;
and burst- and page-mode devices. Information about Spansion
Flash memory solutions is available at http://www.spansion.com/overview.
Spansion was formed by the integration of AMD's and Fujitsu's
Flash memory operations in 2003. It is the largest NOR
Flash memory company in the world. Spansion Flash memory
solutions are available worldwide from AMD (NYSE:AMD)
and Fujitsu (TSE:6702).
Cautionary Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements, which
are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors
are cautioned that forward-looking statements in this
release involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
Risks include the possibility that demand for the companyIt's
Flash memory products will be lower than currently expected
and that the company will not be able to maintain or increase
its Flash memory market share; that customer acceptance
of MirrorBit technology will not continue to increase;
that the company will not continue to be successful integrating
the Flash memory operations of Spansion LLC, or be able
to achieve or sustain any benefit from its creation; that
the company will not be able to meet demand for its Flash
memory products. We urge investors to review in detail
the risks and uncertainties in the companyIt's Securities
and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
28, 2003, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 27, 2004.
Spansion, the Spansion logo, MirrorBit,
and combinations thereof are trademarks of Spansion LLC.
Other names are for informational purposes only and may
be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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