TOKYO Powertech Technology PTIs Suzhou plant in China has bagged orders NAND flash backend orders for impenetrable-state drives SSD from a Japan-based customer. Industry watchers possess begun speculating that the Japanese customer could most likely by Toshiba.

If plans fare as per schedule, PTI might begin shipping before July this year. Speculations bank in c~tinuance the fact that Toshiba has been PTIs long-term person represented. The Japanese major had been outsourcing production of its NAND twinkling of an eye chips and microSD cards to PTI. However, PTI sources havent been forthcoming attached who exactly the latest customer is.

PTIs Suzhou plant has impart aside close to 20 per cent of its total capacity to answer Spansion orders.

Besides, backend orders for chips used in SSD and USB drives are furthermore taken care of at the Spansion plant. PTI undertakes these holy for companies working closely with it. The Suzhou plant was taken immersing by PTI from Spansion during August 2009, in the companys greet to effectively establish an expanded presence in China.

Apart from the Suzhou direct, PTI had also recently bought out a factory building at Hsinchu in Taiwan. This acquisition would result in beginning to offer system-in-package services for logic ICs in June.