Great turn out on the Opening Ceremony of SSD Alliance at Sherwood Hotel, Taipei Taiwan

(November 12, 2008)
More than 200 attendees came from over 70 companies have shown up at Sherwood Hotel Taipei today to witness the very inaugural public event of the highly anticipated SSD Alliance (SSDA). The event was held by SSDA's original Founding companies and co-sponsored by Semiconductor Industry Promotion Office of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs.

The event kicked off with the keynotes from Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau officer and the SSDA elected Chair Mr. Summer Chien. The highlight of the event raised during the Opening Ceremony session when all of the Founding representatives gathered on the stage jointly activating the flashing lights on a life sized SSD Module symbolizing the official launch of the organization and the membership.

Toshiba representative, Mr. Takao Shirai was then given a speech on Toshiba's roadmap in Nand Flash manufacturing and its expectation to the SSDA followed by JMicron Technology and Silicon Power each from the Control IC and Module industry given their praises to the future success of SSDA. The event ended with Ms. Anne Tsou, also the elected Marketing Director of SSDA sharing the general introduction, membership information, history background and the next coming steps of the Alliance. Founders of the SSDA have also demonstrated their products and services in the exhibition area providing a little extra edge for the event.

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