This article missed on a couple fronts. First, I think the fabs shut down by MU in the US were 200mm lines. At current memory prices, lots of 200mm fabs are being taken out of service around the world, so that doesn't imply an Asian move necessarily. Second, MU did buy Qimonda's stake in Inotera, but just how would buying control of Qimonda outright have anything to do with a trend toward Asia? Qimonda's principal fab is in Virginia (where there happens to be a 300mm MU fab along with its joint venture partner Intel). So, unless Virginia decides to move itself half way around the world, the content of your article and the headline don't match up very well.

Strange story, on the one hand there's wailing and gnashing of teeth over having no money and making no money, and on the other hand a claim they might buy other companies, might make perfect sense in the bush doctrine 2 years ago, but that's in the past.