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Micron Technology Inc has reportedly set its sights on two facilities owned by flat-panel maker AUO Corp after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) recently clinched a deal to buy a facility and equipment from Innolux Corp, another major flat-panel maker.

Micron, the world’s third-largest memorychip maker, is expected to purchase two AUO plants in Tainan to expand its advanced chip packaging and testing services and high-bandwidth memory production, local media reports said.

The two plants were shut down in August last year and AUO is seeking to dispose of the facilities, the reports said.

They are expected to cost Micron NT$10 billion to NT$20 billion (US$314.3 million to US$628.6 million), according to market estimates.

AUO declined to comment on the reports, only saying that it has adjusted production at its complex in Tainan and would optimize use of its facilities.

The deal between TSMC and Innolux was announced on Aug. 15, with TSMC agreeing to pay NT$17.14 billion for Innolux’s 5.5th-generation plant in the Southern Taiwan Science Park and equipment to help meet its needs for day-to-day operations.

The purchase would help expand TSMC’s advanced 3D chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging capacity for artificial intelligence chips, analysts said.

Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU) is an American producer of computer memory and computer data storage including dynamic random-access memory, flash memory, and USB flash drives. It is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

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