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American chipmaker Micron Technology has announced plans to build a second manufacturing facility in Taiwan. The new facility will be established at the Tongluo site, which the company recently acquired from Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.
According to a Reuters report, the facility will help Micron expand the supply of advanced DRAM products, including high-bandwidth memory (HBM), to meet the growing demand driven by artificial intelligence applications. Construction at the Tongluo site is scheduled to begin by the end of fiscal year 2026. Micron also stated that it has completed the acquisition of PSMC’s Tongluo P5 site, and the new facility will be similar in scale to its existing fab in Miaoli County.
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