semiconductor industry fate acquired founded 1999 headquarters yaesu ch tokyo japan products dram number of employees 3196 parent micron technology website www.elpida.com elpida memory inc. erup da memori kabushiki gaisha was a corporation established in 1999 that developed designed manufactured and sold dynamic random access memory dram products . it was also a semiconductor foundry . with headquarters in yaesu ch tokyo japan it was initially formed under the name nec hitachi memory in 1999 by the merger of the hitachi ltd. and nec dram businesses . in the following year it took on the name elpida . in 2003 elpida took over the mitsubishi dram business . in 2004 it listed its shares in the first section of the tokyo stock exchange . in 2012 those shares were delisted as a result of its bankruptcy . in 2013 elpida was acquired by micron technology . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 external links 5 references history edit elpida memory was founded in 1999 as a merger of nec s and hitachi s dram operation and began development operations for dram products in 2000 . in 2001 the company began construction of its 300mm wafer fabrication plant . later that year it began sales operations in domestic markets . in 2003 the company took over mitsubishi electric corporation s dram operations and employed mitsubishi development engineers . in 2004 elpida memory went public and was listed on the tokyo stock exchange . in 2006 the company established akita elpida to take on the development of advanced back end technology processes . in march 2006 elpida reported consolidated sales of 241 500 000 000 japanese yen . it employed 3196 people . in 2002 armed with the sherman antitrust act the united states department of justice began a probe into the activities of dynamic random access memory dram manufacturers . us computer makers including dell and gateway claimed that inflated dram pricing was causing lost profits and hindering their effectiveness in the marketplace . to date five manufacturers have pleaded guilty to their involvement in an international price fixing conspiracy including hynix infineon micron technology samsung and elpida . micron technology was not fined for its involvement due to co operation with investigators . the company received 140 billion yen in financial aid and loans from the japanese government and banks during the financial crisis in 2009 . 1 on april 3 2010 elpida memory sold 18.5 billion worth of shares to kingston technology 2 on april 22 2010 elpida announced it had developed the world s first four gigabit ddr3 sdram . based on a 40 nm process this dram was said to use about thirty percent less power compared to two 40 nm process two gigabit ddr3 sdrams . it was to operate at both standard ddr3 1.5 v and 1.35 v to further reduce power consumption . citation needed in july 2011 elpida announced that it planned to raise 987 million by selling shares and bonds . 3 in august 2011 elpida claimed to be the first memory maker to begin sampling 25 nm drams . 4 on february 27 2012 elpida filed for bankruptcy . 5 6 with liabilities of 448 billion yen us 5.5 billion the company s bankruptcy was japan s largest since japan airlines bankrupted in january 2010 . 1 the company suffered from both strong yen and a sharp drop of dram prices as a result of stagnant demand of personal computers and disruption of computer production caused by flooding in thailand . 1 dram prices plunged to a record low in 2011 as the price of the benchmark ddr3 2 gigabit dram declined 85 % . 1 elpida was the third largest dram maker held 18 percent of the market by revenue in 2011 . 1 on march 28 2012 elpida was delisted from the tokyo stock exchange . 7 at the time elpida was one of the suppliers of sdram components for the a6 processor in the apple iphone 5 . 8 in february 2013 tokyo court and elpida creditors approved an acquisition by micron technology . 9 the company became a fully owned subsidiary of micron technology on july 31 2013 . 10 effective february 28 2014 elpida changed its name to micron memory japan and elpida akita changed its name to micron akita inc. 11 products edit ddr4 sdram ddr2 sdram ddr3 sdram mobile ram gddr5 xdr dram see also edit renesas electronics numonyx external links edit official website references edit wikimedia commons has media related to elpida memory . a b c d e naoko fujimura and jun yang feb 28 2012 . elpida falls as lack of smartphone strategy spurs japan bankruptcy filing . bloomberg . elpida to raise y18 .5 billion via share sale to u.s. partner elpida to sell 79.7 billion yen in shares convertible bonds bloomberg . bloomberg.com . 2011 . retrieved 2 august 2011 . ee times . elpida says its sampling first 25 nm drams . august 4 2011 . retrieved august 5 2011 . chip manufacturer elpida is bankrupt heise . heise.de . 2012 . retrieved 27 february 2012 . elpida press release dated 27 february 2012 . retrieved 28 february 2012 . laskoski madeline march 29 2012 . elpida 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