Micron, Kyocera, Samsung bet billions on Japan chip plants

Micron Technology, Kyocera and reportedly Samsung have pledged billions to build and expand chip plants in Japan while Fujifilm is spending $110 million to build facilities in Taiwan. American memory maker Micron says it is investing $3.7 billion to bring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology to its Hiroshima fab for the …

[Disgusted Of Tunbridge Wells]

This seems odd to me.

The main risk to Taiwanese fabs is a Chinese invasion ( and either Chinese bombing or American bombing of Taiwanese fabs to prevent them falling into Chinese hands ). The chances of Japan getting dragged into such a war are non-zero. If Japan and China found themselves on opposing sides of a shooting war, China would do its best to destroy Japanese fabs.

Surely the potential upside to having a fab outside the far-east far outweighs the potential extra costs?

Can anybody explain why this basket of eggs is being placed right next to the existing basket of eggs - right under the massive ACME anvil?

[Valeyard]

Not like we can judge, it's the exact same basket we put all our stuff in

[Anonymous Coward]

Micron, Kyocera, Samsung bet billions on Japan chip plants

while Kyocera is leaving the 'manufacturing' market for mobile phones...