最先端半導体の量産開始　米大手マイクロンが式典・広島県東広島市

　米半導体大手マイクロン・テクノロジーの子会社マイクロンメモリジャパン（広島県東広島市）は１６日、同市の「広島工場」で最先端半導体メモリーの量産を本格的に開始した。開始を祝う式典には同社幹部のほか、湯崎英彦知事やエマニュエル駐日米大使らが出席した。
　湯崎氏は席上「ここは世界最先端のメモリー工場だ。日米の戦略提携の代表で、広島から世界の生活や社会を変えていくことを期待している」と述べた。エマニュエル大使も「広島やマイクロン、日米にとっても将来の大きな礎になる」と祝意を示し、経済安全保障における日米連携の重要性を強調した。（2022/11/16-17:59）

The Japanese unit of U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. began full-scale production of cutting-edge semiconductor memory devices at its Hiroshima plant in western Japan on Wednesday.
   The day's ceremony celebrating the start of production at the Micron Memory Japan K.K. plant in the city of Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, was attended by Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, as well as company executives.
   "This is the world's most advanced memory plant," Yuzaki said at the ceremony. "It represents a strategic alliance between Japan and the United States, and we hope that lives and societies around the world will be changed from Hiroshima."
   Emanuel stressed the importance of U.S.-Japan cooperation for economic security, saying that the plant will be a major foundation for the future of the prefecture, the chipmaker and the two countries.
   The plant will produce so-called 1-beta advanced memory chips, which consume less power and send data faster than existing products do. The chips are expected to be used in mobile phones, automobiles and data centers.