Micron Technology, Inc. has opened a new manufacturing facility in Xi’an, China, the company’s first in China. Micron has another factory located in Singapore. The Xi’an will be used to test and package DRAM, NAND flash memory and image sensors.

The factory is expected to reach its maximum capacity in 2008, at which time its investment will total $250 million, and it will employ 2,000 workers.