Recently, Japan's TV Tokyo reported that the US memory giant Micron will start producing the most advanced DRAM products in Japan.

The report pointed out that Manish Bhatia, executive vice president of Micron, revealed for the first time in an exclusive interview that it plans to use the Hiroshima plant in Japan to produce DRAM products of the 1β process in the second half of this year.

Micron plans to invest 150 billion U.S. dollars globally in the next ten years. Regarding details such as the production scale of the Hiroshima plant in Japan, Bhatia said that in the case of expected funding from the Japanese government, the relevant details will be subject to follow-up negotiations.

It is reported that Micron Japan's Hiroshima plant was acquired when it acquired Elpida in 2013, and has been actively investing since then. At present, there is no room for additional plants in the Hiroshima plant.

In October 2021, Micron announced that it will build a new factory near the existing factory in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, with a total investment of about 800 billion yen. Japanese local media Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun reported that the new factory will start operations in 2024, mainly producing DRAM chips widely used in data centers, and the Japanese government may provide some assistance in the form of grants.

As a world-renowned DRAM manufacturer, Micron has shipped 1α DRAM products. At the Investor Day event held in May this year, Micron disclosed its future technology roadmap for DRAM.

According to the latest technology roadmap, Micron will continue to develop 1β, 1γ and 1δ processes in the DRAM field. Among them, Micron plans to launch 1β DRAM products by the end of 2022, which will provide good performance for graphics, HBM3 and automotive fields. Micron hopes to pass 1β DRAM products continue to enhance the company's position in DDR5 and LPDDR5.