I was quite shock to hear the news that Elpida, a semi-conductor company filed for bankruptcy yesterday. This news is heart-rending as my previous job in Singapore, in a semi-conductor company had given me opportunities to work with many wonderful Japanese companies and Elpida was one of them. It had been a very memorable experience in my life.
Elpida was made up of NEC and Hitachi which manufactures memory chips. They are Japan’s only surviving DRAM maker and are supposed to have the top technology in the world. It comes as a great pity that they need to abandon DRAM business.
I think nobody can deny that Japan’s brands has very high class and high quality image. Somehow, it is very ironical that it took decades to build a name, but one moment is all it takes to become a “legend”. I really hope that they will make a comeback someday.
昨日,エルピーダという半導体会社の経営破綻のニュースを耳にしました。
私にとってこれは衝撃でした。というのも,私が日本に来る前,故郷のシンガポールで数年間半導体の会社に勤めていたからです。そこで,エルピーダや他の会社の日本人たちと知り合い,過ごした楽しい思い出は忘れられません。
日立とNECが一緒になり,メモリを生産するエルピーダは,日本唯一のDRAMメーカーだし,世界トップレベルの技術も持っているはずです。それが破綻にしてしまって,本当に残念でなりません。
日本ブランドは高級で,品質がよく,信頼しない人はいないと思います。数十年にわたって,ブランドを築くことは決して簡単ではないのに,一瞬で『伝説』になってしまうのはやはり切ないです。再起を祈念します。