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Micron to boost DRAM output with $1.8bn chip fab buy
(www.theregister.com)
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By "legacy" they probably mean that they work with the older process technologies, not that the fab itself is old:
Those kinds of chips are still very useful for things like cars and washing machines and such where you don't need bleeding edge chip tech.
Lol?