With DRAM prices collapsing US chip maker Micron and Taiwanese firm Nanya have tied the knot to develop stack DRAM technology.

The two are talking about a joint venture to build a chip factory as they try to keep feet in both stack and trench DRAM camps.

Nanya already has a trench DRAM partnership with Qimonda called Intoera to take it down to the 50nm DRAM level. Marketeers said that Nanya would tie up with Micron on sub-50nm DRAM technology development because it has already linked up with Qimonda on DRAM technology down to 58nm, said Digitimes.

DRAM prices fell 80% in the past year and both Nanya and Micron made losses in the fourth quarter. µ

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