US-based Micron Technology, a manufacturer of memory chips, will create 2,000 new jobs in Taiwan and establish R&D operations in the country. The company currently has three locations in Taiwan: two manufacturing facilities dedicated to producing dynamic random access memory chips in Taoyuan and Taichung and a third back-end facility in Taichung. The expansion will increase the company’s staff count in Taiwan by 20%, making it the largest foreign employer in the country.
Head of Micron Taiwan, Donghui Lu, explained that a priority will be “to accelerate tech deployment in Taiwan, including ramping up 1-beta nanometer node DRAM production by the end of this year and 1-gamma nanometer node DRAM in 2024”. He added: “Micron plans to focus on rapidly growing markets, including the automotive electronics, industrial devices and data centres.”
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The global semiconductor shortage has hit tech companies and in response numerous semiconductor giants have announced plans to expand their production capacities. US-based Intel and Taiwan-based TSCM (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) have recently announced $20bn and $100bn investments, respectively, to increase their chip-making capacities.
