US chipmaker expands Taiwan workforce to counter China poaching

Micron to add at least 800 workers as talent war heats up

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Micron's building in Taoyuan. The world's leading maker of memory chips will expand its workforce in Taiwan. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)

CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writer

TAOYUAN, Taiwan -- Memory chip maker Micron Technology looks to increase its Taiwanese workforce by at least 800 by 2019, downplaying the risk of losing workers to Beijing-backed rivals aggressively building their own operations in China.

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