Japan backs Micron's $9.3 billion Hiroshima expansion to challenge South Korea's AI memory chip dominance
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Japan is backing Micron Technology's $9.3 billion expansion of its Hiroshima plant to boost production of next-generation DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI servers. The project, which broke ground in July, aims to position Japan as a production hub for AI memory chips and challenge South Korea's current dominance in the HBM market.
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· 3 pulledJapan is positioning itself as a production base for artificial intelligence memory chips by backing a major expansion by U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology, raising a new challenge to South Korea's lead in high-bandwidth memory.
Micron broke ground Saturday on an expansion of its Hiroshima plant in western Japan, according to Japanese media.
The project will expand cleanroom space at Micron Memory Japan's facility in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, to strengthen production capacity for next-generation DRAM and high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, used in AI servers.
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