Region

Chugoku & Shikoku Semiconductor Region

Western Japan has the country's only DRAM fab, Micron's plant in Higashihiroshima, which Micron is equipping with EUV for 1-gamma DRAM with large Japanese government subsidies. Mitsubishi Electric makes power semiconductors in Fukuyama, also in Hiroshima.

Fabs2
Other company sites6
Prefectures3

Overview

DISCO makes its dicing and grinding equipment at the Kuwabata plant in Kure. Mitsui Chemicals produces EUV pellicles at its Iwakuni-Ohtake Works and Resonac has a site in Shunan, both in Yamaguchi, while Sumitomo Chemical runs its Ehime Works in Niihama, Shikoku.

Fabs and company sites in Chugoku & Shikoku, by prefecture

Hiroshima

Yamaguchi

Ehime

Source: fabs on Semiconductor fabs in Japan and sites of companies profiled on Semirai

Fabs

Hiroshima Plant Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima
Micron Memory Japan · DRAM
The former Elpida Memory fab, acquired by Micron Technology.
Fukuyama Factory Fukuyama, Hiroshima
Mitsubishi Electric · Power semiconductors

Equipment, materials and other company sites

DISCO: Kuwabata plant (Kure, Hiroshima)
Dicing, grinding and polishing equipment
Resonac: Tokuyama site (Shunan, Yamaguchi)
CMP slurries, packaging materials and SiC epitaxial wafers
Sumitomo Chemical: Ehime Works (Niihama, Ehime)
Photoresists and semiconductor process chemicals
Mitsui Chemicals: Iwakuni-Ohtake Works (Yamaguchi)
EUV pellicles and wafer protection tapes
Mitsubishi Electric (power devices): Fukuyama factory (Fukuyama, Hiroshima)
IGBT and SiC power modules, RF and optical devices
Micron Memory Japan (Micron Hiroshima): Hiroshima plant (Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima)
DRAM fab in Hiroshima (Micron Technology)

Chugoku & Shikoku Semiconductor Region

Overview

Fabs

Equipment, materials and other company sites

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