Micron launches expansion of Hiroshima factory in Japan to further increase advanced memory chip production capacity
Technology launched the expansion of its Hiroshima factory in Japan on Saturday to further increase the production capacity of advanced memory chips to meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing power hardware. The investment in the expansion project reached 1.5 trillion yen (approximately 9.3 billion U.S. dollars), and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry provided subsidy support of no more than 500 billion yen for the project. The factory will produce high-bandwidth memory and other chips that are urgently needed for AI infrastructure. Delivery and installation of the manufacturing equipment is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2028. Memory chip companies are racing to expand production capacity around the world. Micron is building two advanced wafer fabs in Boise. In January this year, it held a groundbreaking ceremony for a US$100 billion production base in New York State to increase domestic DRAM production in the United States. South Korea's SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics are also actively expanding production capacity.