In addition to several new memory chip manufacturing plants to be built in the United States, Micron is also reportedly looking to buy a production plant that is already up and running to produce additional DRAM chips through Taiwan-based memory component manufacturer Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.
In the $1.8 billion acquisition, Micron will take over the P5 plant located in the city of Tongluo, which will be used to produce more DRAM components by mid-2027, after the acquisition is completed in the second quarter of this year.
Interestingly, Micron will reportedly still need to upgrade the plant to be able to produce the required memory chip components because the existing equipment is not good enough to produce the required components at the desired monthly production rate. Because of this, the plant will only be operational around the middle of next year.
Meanwhile, Micron will also reportedly use Powerchip's services to assist in the testing and packaging of components to speed up and simplify the process after the DRAM components are manufactured.
