Global Silicon Wafer Sector: Thoughts on Micron’s $500mn strategic financing into GlobalWafers

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Global Silicon Wafer Sector: Thoughts on Micron’s $500mn strategic financing into GlobalWafers

J P M O R G A N Asia Pacific Equity Research

10 July 2026

Global Silicon Wafer Sector

Thoughts on Micron’s $500mn strategic financing into

GlobalWafers

• Micron’s $500mn strategic financing into GlobalWafers. On Jul 9, 2026, Technology

AC Micron announced (link) plans to invest up to $3 billion to strengthen the U.S. Jimmy Huang

semiconductor supply-chain ecosystem. As part of the investment, Micron will (886-2) 2725-9865

provide GlobalWafers Co. (GWC), Ltd. with $500 million in strategic jimmy.huang@jpmorgan.com

financing support to advance the development and manufacturing capabilities J.P. Morgan Securities (Taiwan) Limited

of its GlobalWafers America (GWA) 300mm raw silicon wafer manufacturing Yasuhiro Nakada

facility in Sherman, Texas. The companies will also enter into a 10-year supply (81-3) 6736-8692

yasuhiro.nakada@jpmorgan.com

agreement that will provide Micron with access to significant raw silicon wafer JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.

capacity to support its long-term manufacturing plans and bolster the critical

Gokul Hariharan

semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem in the United States. Micron (MU (852) 2800-8564

US) is covered by J.P. Morgan analyst Harlan Sur. gokul.hariharan@jpmorgan.com

• GlobalWafers’ commentary on the $500mn strategic financing: 1) J.P.MorganMorganBrokingSecurities(Hong (AsiaKong)Pacific)LimitedLimited/ J.P.

Funding as investment and prepayment. GWC believes this funding will

help reduce the financial burden associated with further expanding capacity at

GWA (Phase 2) and will ensure enforcement of the long-term agreements. 2)

10-year long-term agreement (LTA): The new LTA represents the longest