Qimonda AG
Qimonda AG is a new memory company that was split from Infineon Technologies on May 1, 2006. It is the world's second largest DRAM company, leader in 300mm wafer industry and personal computers. And one of the largest suppliers of server DRAM products. Memory is a semiconductor device that is used as data storage device on an integrated circuit. Qimonda is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infineon, headquartered in Munich, Germany, with net sales of 4.89 billion in fiscal year 2006, and profit before tax and interest of 259 million. The company produced various types of DRAM chips, including DDR2, DDR3, and GDDR3 for use in personal computers, servers, graphics cards, and consumer electronics.
Qimonda designs, develops, and manufactures a wide range of semiconductors and complete system solutions for specific areas. Products are widely used in the wired and wireless communications, automotive and industrial electronics, computer security, and chip card markets. The product suite consists of memory and logic products and includes digital, mixed-signal and analog ICs, discrete semiconductor devices, and system solutions. The memory department was independently formed by Qimonda on July 1, 2006 and has been independently listed.
Qimonda went public in 2006 to form, at the time, the second largest DRAM manufacturer in the world. Qimonda's products included DRAM, graphics RAM, mobile RAM and FLASH memory. In 2007, Qimonda employed 13,500 personnel worldwide, from whom 1,800 were employed in R&D with access to four 300 mm manufacturing sites and operating six major R&D facilities, and included a chip packaging complex in Vila do Conde, Portugal, and its lead R&D center in Dresden, Germany, in total covering three continents. Qimonda used advanced manufacturing and process technologies, with 4 fabrication plants or fabs and 6 major R&D facilities, and was at the forefront of advanced memory design. In 2008, due to the financial crisis and the significant drop in semiconductor prices, Qimonda experienced financial difficulty and eventual bankruptcy, but its intellectual property continued to be valuable. Infineon acquired the Qimonda assets in 2014.
Qimonda Memory
These devices are available in several formats CBRAM, DRAM, EEPROM, EERAM, EPROM, Flash, FRAM, NVSRAM, PCM (PRAM), PSRAM, RAM, and SRAM in either Non-Volatile or Volatile. These devices memory sizes range from 64 b to 6 Tb with the interface being I2C, MMC, Parallel, eMMC, Serial, Single Wire, SPI, UFS, Xccela Bus, and 1-Wire. Qimonda provides DRAM products for a wide variety of applications, including in the computing, infrastructure, graphics, mobile and consumer areas, using its power saving technologies and designs.Qimonda was primarily known for its production of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips. DRAM is a type of semiconductor memory widely used in computers and other electronic devices for data storage and retrieval. At its peak, Qimonda was one of the largest DRAM manufacturers globally, competing with companies like Samsung, Micron, and Hynix.