TechFlow News, July 4, Micron Technology officially launched the expansion project of its western Japan plant, with a total project investment of 1.5 trillion yen, for producing advanced memory chips.
This expansion is part of its global capacity expansion plan, aimed at meeting the demands of the artificial intelligence industry; the Japanese government will provide up to 500 billion yen in subsidies to share construction costs. This plant expansion will help Micron improve the energy efficiency and data transmission efficiency of chips required for artificial intelligence services and autonomous vehicles, and the expanded production line is expected to start production and shipments around summer 2028. (Jin10)




