Choosing to bail out the industry rather than individual firms, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has decided to invest NT $ 30 billion in the formation of the Taiwan Memory Company. The MOE hopes that successful technology transfers from US and Japanese firms will give the local DRAM industry a new lease on life and enable it to move beyond the contract manufacturing model it has long depended upon.
經過思考，依「救產業，不救企業」的原則，經濟部決定投資 300 億元成立「台灣記憶體公司」，由聯電榮譽董事長宣明智擔任籌備小組召集人，希望透過與美、日大廠移轉技術成功，讓 D-RAM 產業重新在國內生根，以脫離長期以來為人「代工」作嫁的命運。