Micron Technology

{{Short description|American company producing semiconductor devices}}

{{Distinguish|text=Mikron Group, a Russian company, or JMicron, a Taiwanese company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Micron Technology, Inc.

| logo = Micron Technology logo 2024.svg

| logo_upright = 1.15

| logo_caption = Logo used since 2024

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{ubl|class=nowrap|{{NASDAQ|MU}}|Nasdaq-100 component|S&P 500 component}}

| industry = Semiconductors

| founders = {{ubl|Ward Parkinson|Joe Parkinson|Dennis Wilson|Doug Pitman}}

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1978|10|5|br=yes}}

| location = Boise, Idaho, U.S.

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = {{ubl|Robert E. Switz (chairman)|Sanjay Mehrotra (president & CEO|April Arnzen (CPO)}}

| products = {{ubl|DRAM|Flash memory|SSDs}}

| brands = {{ubl|Ballistix Gaming|Crucial|SpecTek}}

| revenue = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|25.11 billion|link=yes}} (2024)}}

| operating_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$1.304 billion (2024)}}

| net_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$778 million (2024)}}

| assets = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$69.42 billion (2024)}}

| equity = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$45.13 billion (2024)}}

| num_employees = 48,000 (2024)

| homepage = {{url|https://www.micron.com/|micron.com}}

| footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|08|29|lc=y|df=US}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/723125/000072312524000027/mu-20240829.htm |title= US SEC: Form 10-K Micron Technology, Inc. |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=October 4, 2024}}

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Micron Technology, Inc. is an American producer of computer memory and computer data storage including dynamic random-access memory, flash memory, and solid-state drives (SSDs). It is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Micron's consumer products, including the Ballistix line of consumer and gaming memory modules, are marketed under the Crucial brand. Micron and Intel together created IM Flash Technologies, which produced NAND flash memory. It owned Lexar between 2006 and 2017. Micron is the only U.S.-based manufacturer of memory.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/23/micron-building-biggest-chip-fab-in-us-history-despite-china-ban.html |title=How Micron is building the biggest chip fab in U.S. history despite a China ban and smartphone slump |date=October 23, 2023 |publisher=CNBC |last=Tarasov |first=Katie}}

History

= 1978–1999 =

Micron was founded in Boise, Idaho, in 1978{{cite web |url=http://www.micron.com/about/company-info/milestone-timeline-and-awards |title=Micron Company Milestones |publisher=Micron |access-date=2012-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202000329/http://www.micron.com/about/company-info/milestone-timeline-and-awards |archive-date=2014-12-02 }} by Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson, and Doug Pitman as a semiconductor design consulting company.{{cite book |title=A history of the personal computer: the people and the technology |last=Allan |first=Roy A. |year=2001 |publisher=Allan Publishing |isbn=0968910807 |page=16 }} Startup funding was provided by local Idaho businessmen Tom Nicholson, Allen Noble, Rudolph Nelson, and Ron Yanke. Later it received funding from Idaho billionaire J. R. Simplot, whose fortune was made in the potato business. In 1981, the company moved from consulting to manufacturing with the completion of its first wafer fabrication unit ("Fab 1"), producing 64K DRAM chips.

In 1984, the company had its initial public offering.{{Cite news |url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article220062090.html |title=Tales of Micron's 40 years |last=Staats |first=David |date=18 October 2018 |publisher=Idaho Statesman |access-date=24 January 2020}}

Micron sought to enter the market for RISC processors in 1991 with a product known as FRISC, targeting embedded control and signal processing applications. Running at 80 MHz and described as "a 64-bit processor with fast context-switching time and high floating-point performance", the design supported various features for timely interrupt handling and featured an arithmetic unit capable of handling both integer and floating-point calculations with a claimed throughput of 80 MFLOPS for double-precision arithmetic. Micron aimed to provide a "board-level demonstration supercomputer" in configurations with 256 MB or 1 GB of RAM.{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ComputerDe_101739441/page/40/mode/1up | title=80-MHz RISC processor screams through floating-point | magazine=Computer Design | last1=Wilson | first1=Dave | date=1 May 1991 | access-date=26 July 2024 | pages=40,42–43 }} Having set up a subsidiary and with the product being designed into graphics cards and accelerators, Micron concluded in 1992 that the effort would not deliver the "best bang for the buck", reassigning engineers to other projects and discontinuing the endeavour.{{ cite news | url=https://archive.org/details/UnigramX1992366-416/page/n232/mode/1up | title=Micron FRISC Chip Effort Flounders | work=Unigram/X | date=24 August 1992 | access-date=26 July 2024 | pages=3 }}

In 1994 founder Joe Parkinson retired as CEO and Steve Appleton took over as Chairman, President, and CEO.

A 1996 3-way merger among ZEOS International, Micron Computer, and Micron Custom Manufacturing Services (MCMS) increased the size and scope of the company; this was followed rapidly with the 1997 acquisition of NetFrame Systems, in a bid to enter the mid-range server industry.{{Cite news | author= John Moore | work= FCW | url= https://fcw.com/Articles/1997/06/15/Micron-agrees-to-buy-NetFrame.aspx | title= Micron agrees to buy NetFrame | access-date= 2016-12-06 | archive-date= 2016-12-20 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220082042/https://fcw.com/Articles/1997/06/15/Micron-agrees-to-buy-NetFrame.aspx | url-status= dead }}." June 15, 1997. Retrieved December 6, 2016. Between 1998 and 2000, the company was the main sponsor of the MicronPC Bowl, or MicronPC.com Bowl.

= Since 2000 =

In 2000 Gurtej Singh Sandhu and Trung T. Doan at Micron initiated the development of atomic layer deposition high-k films for DRAM memory devices. This helped drive cost-effective implementation of semiconductor memory, starting with 90 nm node DRAM.{{cite web |title=IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award Recipients |url=https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/grove-recipients.html |website=IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award |publisher=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |access-date=4 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704220553/https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/grove-recipients.html |archive-date=4 July 2019 |url-status=dead }}{{cite patent |title=Atomic layer doping apparatus and method |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2002038841A3 |country=WO |number=2002038841A3 |status= |pubdate=2000-08-31 |gdate=2003-05-01 |inventor= |invent1=Gurtej Sandhu |invent2= Trung T. Doan |assign1= |assign2= |class=}} {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705150420/https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2002038841A3 |date=5 July 2019 }} {{via|Google Patents}} Pitch double-patterning was also pioneered by Gurtej Singh Sandhu at Micron during the 2000s, leading to the development of 30-nm class NAND flash memory, and it has since been widely adopted by NAND flash and RAM manufacturers worldwide.{{cite web |title=Micron Named Among Top 100 Global Innovators for Sixth Straight Year |url=https://www.micron.com/about/blog/2018/february/micron-makes-list-of-top-100-innovators |publisher=Micron Technology |access-date=5 July 2019 |date=2018-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705115746/https://www.micron.com/about/blog/2018/february/micron-makes-list-of-top-100-innovators |archive-date=5 July 2019 |url-status=live }}

In 2002 Micron spun off its personal computer business as MPC Corporation and put it up for sale. The company found the business difficult as the number 12 American computer maker with only 1.3 percent of the market.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/micron-seen-as-tough-sell-in-pc-industry/ | title=Micron seen as tough sell in PC industry }}

Micron and Intel created a joint venture in 2005, based in IM Flash Technologies in Lehi, Utah.{{Cite web|url=http://articles.marketwatch.com/2005-11-21/news/30680673_1_nand-flash-flash-memory-m-systems-flash-disk-pioneers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224010517/http://articles.marketwatch.com/2005-11-21/news/30680673_1_nand-flash-flash-memory-m-systems-flash-disk-pioneers|url-status=dead|title=Intel, Micron to form flash-chip venture|archive-date=February 24, 2013}} The two companies formed another joint venture in 2011, IM Flash Singapore, in Singapore.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/263451/intel-micron-open-singapore-nand-flash-plant|title=Intel, Micron Open Singapore NAND Flash Plant |first=Matthew |last=Murray |date=21 April 2011| magazine=PC Magazine |access-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422095030/https://www.pcmag.com/news/263451/intel-micron-open-singapore-nand-flash-plant|archive-date=2019-04-22|url-status=live}} In 2012 Micron became sole owner of this second joint venture.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-intel-micron/micron-buys-intel-stake-in-flash-joint-venture-for-600-million-idINTRE81R14K20120228 |title=Micron buys Intel stake in a flash joint venture for $600 million |publisher=Reuters |date=February 28, 2012 |last=Sharma |first=Himank}} In 2006 Micron acquired Lexar, an American manufacturer of digital media products.{{Cite press release |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060621005878/en/Micron-Technology-Lexar-Media-Announce-Completion-Transaction |title=Micron Technology, Inc., and Lexar Media, Inc. Announce Completion of Transaction |date=21 June 2006 |access-date=28 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309054201/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060621005878/en/Micron-Technology-Lexar-Media-Announce-Completion-Transaction|archive-date=March 9, 2017}}

The company again changed leadership in June 2007 with COO Mark Durcan becoming president.{{Cite news |url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/longtime-micron-tech-ceo-mark-durcan-to-retire-1001720150|title=Longtime Micron Tech CEO Mark Durcan To Retire |work=Markets Insider |last=|first=|website= |access-date=2019-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617234223/https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/longtime-micron-tech-ceo-mark-durcan-to-retire-1001720150|archive-date=2019-06-17|url-status=live}} In 2008 Micron converted the Avezzano chip fab, formerly a Texas Instruments DRAM fab, into a production facility for CMOS image sensors sold by Aptina Imaging.{{Cite news |author=David Lammers |url=https://www.appliedmaterials.com/nanochip/nanochip-fab-solutions/april-2014/lfoundry-new-frontiers-new-opportunities |title=LFoundry: new frontiers, new opportunities |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-08-25 |archive-date=2023-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307055834/https://www.appliedmaterials.com/nanochip/nanochip-fab-solutions/april-2014/lfoundry-new-frontiers-new-opportunities }}

In 2008 Micron spun off Aptina Imaging, which was acquired by ON Semiconductor in 2014. Micron retained a stake in the spinoff.{{Cite news |last=LaPedus |first=Mark |date=2011-04-12 |title=Aptina boosts image; embraces foundries |url=https://www.eetimes.com/aptina-boosts-image-embraces-foundries/|access-date=2022-10-28| website=EE Times| archive-date=2013-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518211050/http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4215093/Aptina-boosts-image--embraces-foundries-|url-status=dead}} However, the core company suffered setbacks and had to layoff 15 percent of its workforce in October 2008,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/technology/business-computing/10micron.html|title=Memory Maker Reduces Work Force|last=Vance|first=Ashlee|author-link=Ashlee Vance|date=2008-10-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616161639/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/technology/business-computing/10micron.html|archive-date=2019-06-16|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2277543/micron-to-cut-staff-by-15-.html |title=Micron to cut staff by 15% |last=Gohring |first=Nancy |date=2008-10-09 |publisher=Network World |language=en |access-date=2019-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616161639/https://www.networkworld.com/article/2277543/micron-to-cut-staff-by-15-.html|archive-date=2019-06-16|url-status=live}} during which period the company also announced the purchase of Qimonda's 35.6 percent stake in Inotera Memories for $400 million.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-micron-inotera-idUSTRE49C0G020081013 |title=Micron to pay $400 million for Qimonda's Inotera stake |date=2008-10-13 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=2019-06-16 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616161656/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-micron-inotera-idUSTRE49C0G020081013|archive-date=2019-06-16|url-status=live}} The trend of layoffs and acquisitions continued in 2009 with the termination of an additional 2,000 employees,{{Cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Feb23/0,4670,MicronLayoffs,00.html |title=FOXNews.com - Micron Tech to cut up to 2,000 more jobs in Idaho |publisher=www.foxnews.com |access-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616161636/https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Feb23/0,4670,MicronLayoffs,00.html|archive-date=2019-06-16|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://blog.granted.com/2009/02/24/micron-tech-to-cut-2000-jobs/|title=Micron Tech To Cut 2,000 Jobs |date=2009-02-24 |publisher=Granted Blog |language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-16}} and the acquisition of the FLCOS microdisplay company Displaytech.{{Cite news |url=https://www.laserfocusworld.com/test-measurement/research/article/16566226/micron-acquires-assets-of-displaytech-gains-flcos-microdisplay-technology |title=Micron acquires assets of Displaytech; gains FLCOS microdisplay technology |date=2009-06-02 |publisher=Laser Focus World |language=en |access-date=2019-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616161640/https://www.laserfocusworld.com/test-measurement/research/article/16566226/micron-acquires-assets-of-displaytech-gains-flcos-microdisplay-technology|archive-date=2019-06-16|url-status=live}} Micron agreed to buy flash-chip maker Numonyx for $1.27 billion in stock in February 2010.{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/02/10/micron-numonyx-intel-markets-equities-acquisition.html#56e0636d1e71|title=Micron Shares Short Out |last=Swanekamp |first=Kelsey |work=Forbes |language=en |access-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120144651/https://www.forbes.com/2010/02/10/micron-numonyx-intel-markets-equities-acquisition.html#56e0636d1e71|archive-date=2018-01-20|url-status=live}}

On 3 February 2012 CEO Appleton died in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from the Boise Airport. He was the pilot and sole occupant of the Lancair IV aircraft.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/micron-says-ceo-steve-appleton-has-died-in-a-boise-plane-crash/2012/02/03/gIQA5LCKnQ_story.html |title=Micron says CEO Steve Appleton has died in a Boise plane crash |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 3, 2012 |access-date=2017-09-05 |archive-date=2012-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216092023/http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/micron-says-ceo-steve-appleton-has-died-in-a-boise-plane-crash/2012/02/03/gIQA5LCKnQ_story.html |url-status=dead }}[http://investors.micron.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=646118 Statement by Micron Technology Board of Directors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206100450/http://investors.micron.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=646118 |date=2012-02-06 }}, Micron Technology, February 3, 2012.{{Cite news |last1=Tibken |first1=Shara|last2=Clark|first2=Don|title=Micron Tech CEO Dies in Plane Accident |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203889904577201221448742942.html |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}} Mark Durcan replaced Appleton as the CEO shortly thereafter,{{cite web|url=http://www.micron.com/about/company-info/leadership/d-mark-durcan |title=D Mark Durcan - Micron Technology, Inc |access-date=2014-01-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231603/http://www.micron.com/about/company-info/leadership/d-mark-durcan |archive-date=2013-12-02 }} eliminating his former title of President.{{cite web |url=https://www.micron.com/about/our-company/leadership/d-mark-durcan |title=D. Mark Durcan |access-date=2016-09-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101195329/http://www.micron.com/about/our-company/leadership/d-mark-durcan |archive-date=2015-01-01 }}

In 2013 the Avezzano chip fab was sold to LFoundry. In the 2012 to 2014 period, Micron again went through an acquisition-layoff cycle, becoming the majority shareholder of Inotera Memories, purchasing Elpida Memory{{cite news |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/micron-completes-2-billion-buy-of-chip-supplier-to-apple/ |title=Micron completes $2 billion buy of chip supplier to Apple |last=Crothers |first=Brooke |website=CNET.com |date=July 31, 2013 |access-date=February 25, 2020}} for $2 billion and the remaining shares in Rexchip, a PC memory chip manufacturing venture between Powerchip and Elpida Memory for $334 million,{{Cite press release |url=http://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-and-elpida-announce-sponsor-agreement|title=Micron and Elpida Announce Sponsor Agreement|website=Micron Technology|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226065828/http://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-and-elpida-announce-sponsor-agreement|archive-date=2019-12-26|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2012/07/03/2003536810|title=Powerchip to sell Rex stake to Micron |work=Taipei Times |access-date=2020-03-08}} while announcing plans to lay off approximately 3,000 workers.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4320399,00.html |title=Micron may shut Israel plant by 2015|date=December 16, 2012 |website=Ynetnews |access-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226065820/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4320399,00.html|archive-date=December 26, 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/past-and-current-micron-employees-report-job-cuts-micron-silent/article_532e02a8-40ac-5cb3-9a87-7fde69714dc8.html|title=Past and current Micron employees report job cuts, Micron silent on numbers |last=Carmel |first=Margaret |website=Idaho Press|language=en|access-date=2019-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617234223/https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/past-and-current-micron-employees-report-job-cuts-micron-silent/article_532e02a8-40ac-5cb3-9a87-7fde69714dc8.html |archive-date=2019-06-17|url-status=live}} Through the Elpida acquisition, Micron became a major supplier to Apple Inc. for the iPhone and iPad. In December 2016 Micron finished acquiring the remaining 67 percent of Inotera, making it a 100 percent subsidiary of Micron.{{Cite news |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201612120011.aspx|title=Taiwan determined to fully support IC industry: Tsai |website=FocusTaiwan.tw|access-date=2016-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213124955/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201612120011.aspx|archive-date=2016-12-13|url-status=live}}

In April 2017 Micron announced Sanjay Mehrotra as the new president and CEO to replace Mark Durcan.{{cite news|title=Micron Appoints Sanjay Mehrotra as President and Chief Executive Officer |url=http://investors.micron.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1023241 |website=micron.com |access-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428052835/http://investors.micron.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1023241|archive-date=28 April 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Tallis|first1=Billy|title=Micron Hires New CEO: Sanjay Mehrotra, SanDisk Co-Founder and Former CEO |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/11305/micron-hires-new-ceo-sanjay-mehrotra-sandisk-cofounder-and-former-ceo|access-date=27 April 2017 |publisher=Anandtech|date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428004812/http://www.anandtech.com/show/11305/micron-hires-new-ceo-sanjay-mehrotra-sandisk-cofounder-and-former-ceo|archive-date=28 April 2017|url-status=live}} In June 2017 Micron announced it was discontinuing the Lexar retail removable media storage business and putting some or all it up for sale.{{Cite press release|url=https://www.micron.com/about/blogs/2017/june/micron-discontinuing-lexar-removable-storage-retail-business|title=Micron Technology, Inc. - Micron Discontinuing Lexar Removable Storage Retail Business|last=Hawkins|first=Jay|date=26 June 2017|website=Micron.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825023032/https://www.micron.com/about/blogs/2017/june/micron-discontinuing-lexar-removable-storage-retail-business|archive-date=25 August 2017 |access-date=24 August 2017}} In August of that year the Lexar brand was acquired by Longsys, a flash memory company based in Shenzhen, China.{{cite news|url=http://www.longsys.com/longsys-acquires-lexar-brand-a-leading-brand-for-high-performance-removable-storage-solutions/|title=Longsys Acquires Lexar Brand, a Leading Brand for High-Performance Removable Storage Solutions|date=31 August 2017|website=Longsys.com|access-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901160044/http://www.longsys.com/longsys-acquires-lexar-brand-a-leading-brand-for-high-performance-removable-storage-solutions/|archive-date=1 September 2017}}

In May 2018 Micron Technology and Intel launched QLC NAND memory to increase storage density.{{Cite news|url=https://www.techspot.com/news/74743-intel-micron-launch-qlc-nand-memory-increase-storage.html|title=Intel and Micron launch QLC NAND memory to increase storage density|work=TechSpot|access-date=2018-05-24|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523181524/https://www.techspot.com/news/74743-intel-micron-launch-qlc-nand-memory-increase-storage.html|archive-date=2018-05-23|url-status=live}} The company ranked 150th on the Fortune 500 list of largest United States corporations by revenue.{{Cite web |title=Micron Technology |url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/micron-technology/ |website=Fortune |language=en-US |access-date=2018-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121140111/http://fortune.com/fortune500/micron-technology/ |archive-date=2018-11-21|url-status=live}}

In February 2019 the first microSD card with a storage capacity of 1 terabyte (TB) was announced by Micron.{{cite news |title=Micron Unveils World's First 1TB microSD Card to Meet Consumer Demand for Mobile Storage |url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/02/25/1741261/0/en/Micron-Unveils-World-s-First-1TB-microSD-Card-to-Meet-Consumer-Demand-for-Mobile-Storage.html |work=GlobeNewswire |date=February 25, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2019}} As of March 2020 3.84TB Micron 5210 Ion is the cheapest large-capacity SSD in the world.{{Cite news |last=Athow |first=Desire |date=October 20, 2020 |title=This 3.84TB Micron 5210 Ion is the cheapest large capacity SSD right now |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/this-384tb-micron-5210-ion-is-the-cheapest-large-capacity-ssd-right-now |website=TechRadar |language=en-US |access-date=November 10, 2020}} In September 2020 the company introduced the world's fastest discrete graphics memory solution. Working with computing technology leader Nvidia, Micron debuted GDDR6X in the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 3080 graphics processing units (GPUs).{{Cite news |title=World's Fastest Discrete Graphics Memory From Micron Powers Nvidia's Breakthrough Gaming Speeds |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/09/01/2087208/0/en/World-s-Fastest-Discrete-Graphics-Memory-From-Micron-Powers-NVIDIA-s-Breakthrough-Gaming-Speeds.html |website=GlobeNewswire |language=en |access-date=1 September 2020}} In November 2020, the company unveiled a new 176-layer 3D NAND module. It offers improved read and write latency and is slated to be used in the production of a new generation of solid-state drives.{{Cite news |last=Athow |first=Desire |date=10 November 2020 |title=Micron wants to kill hard disk drives with new super cheap flash memory |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/100tb-ssds-could-appear-next-year-as-micron-debuts-breakthrough-flash-memory |website=TechRadar |language=en |access-date=10 November 2020}}

On 22 October 2021, Micron closed the sale of IM Flash's Lehi, Utah fab to Texas Instruments for a sale price of US$900 million.{{cite news |last1=Wolf |first1=Marin |title=Texas Instruments to buy semiconductor factory in $900 million deal |url=https://techxplore.com/news/2021-07-texas-instruments-semiconductor-factory-million.html |website=Techxplore |language=en |date=July 1, 2021 |access-date=28 October 2022}} With the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, Micron announced its pledge to invest billions in new manufacturing within the US.{{Cite news |last=Hamblen |first=Matt |date=2022-08-09 |title=Micron plans $40B in memory plants on heels of CHIPS Act |url=https://www.fierceelectronics.com/sensors/micron-plans-40b-memory-manufacturing-heels-chips-act-passage |access-date=2022-10-09 |publisher=Fierce Electronics |language=en}} In September 2022, Micron announced they would invest $15 billion in a new facility in Boise, Idaho.{{Cite news |last=Ridler |first=Keith |title=Micron holds groundbreaking for $15 billion semiconductor plant in Boise |date=2022-09-12 |url=https://idahonews.com/news/local/micron-announcing-15-billion-semiconductor-plant-this-morning |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KBOI |language=en |access-date=2022-10-10}} In October 2022 Micron announced a $100 billion expansion in Clay, New York.{{Cite news |last=Lohr |first=Steve |date=2022-10-04 |title=Micron Pledges Up to $100 Billion for Semiconductor Factory in New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/technology/micron-chip-clay-syracuse.html |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US |access-date=2022-10-10}}{{Cite news |last=Palermo |first=Angela |title=Micron's 'mega fab' planned for New York won't be bigger than Boise's plant. Yet |date=2022-10-06 |url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article266848571.html |website=Idaho Statesman |language=en-US |access-date=2022-10-10}}

Micron Technology owed Netlist $445 million in damages for infringing Netlist's patents related to memory-module technology for high-performance computing. The jury found that Micron's semiconductor-memory products violated two of Netlist's patents willfully, potentially allowing the judge to triple the damages. Netlist had sued Micron in 2022, accusing three of its memory-module lines of patent infringement, which Micron denied, also arguing the patents' invalidity. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invalidated one patent in April 2024.{{cite news|last=Brittain |first=Blake |title=Micron hit with $445 million US verdict in Netlist patent trial |date=23 May 2024 |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/micron-hit-with-445-million-us-verdict-netlist-patent-trial-2024-05-24/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524080621/https://www.reuters.com/legal/micron-hit-with-445-million-us-verdict-netlist-patent-trial-2024-05-24/ |archive-date=24 May 2024 |access-date=27 May 2024}}

=Lawsuits=

==Fujian Jinhua==

On 5 December 2017 Micron sued rivals United Microelectronics Corporation and Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. (JHICC) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging infringement on its DRAM patents and intellectual property rights.{{Cite news|url=https://marketrealist.com/2018/01/micron-sue-chinese-companies-dram-technology/|title=Why Did Micron Sue Chinese Companies over DRAM Technology?|date=January 19, 2018|access-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226065822/https://marketrealist.com/2018/01/micron-sue-chinese-companies-dram-technology/|archive-date=December 26, 2019|url-status=live}} The U.S. Justice Department in 2018 announced an indictment against Fujian Jinhua, and authorities added the Chinese firm to the Entity List the same year. Fujian Jinhua vehemently denied the claims, saying it had not stolen any technology, and that "Micron regards the development of Fujian Jinhua as a threat and adopts various means to hamper and destroy the development of Fujian Jinhua,"https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1N809D/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

In May 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China barred major Chinese information infrastructure firms from purchasing Micron products, citing significant national security risks.{{cite news |last=Wei |first=Lingling |date=May 21, 2023 |title=Beijing Bans Micron as Supplier to Big Chinese Firms, Citing National Security |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-bans-micron-as-supplier-to-big-chinese-firms-citing-national-security-5f326b90 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}} The move was seen as retaliation against US sanctions on China's semiconductor industry and related export controls.{{cite news |last1=Mozur |first1=Paul |last2=Liu |first2=John |date=May 22, 2023 |title=With Ban on Micron, China Escalates Microchip Clash With U.S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/business/micron-technology-china-ban.html |work=The New York Times |language=en-US}} In November 2023 Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC) filed a lawsuit against Micron alleging infringement of eight of its patents.{{Cite news |title=Chinese chipmaker YMTC sues Micron alleging patent infringement |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-chipmaker-ymtc-sues-micron-alleging-patent-infringement-2023-11-13/ |work=Reuters |language=en-US |date=November 13, 2023 |access-date=November 14, 2023}}

On February 27, 2024, Judge Maxine Chesney of the U.S. Federal District Court in San Francisco acquitted Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit, whom Micron had sued for IP theft, of the charge in a non-jury verdict, believing that there was insufficient evidence to support the charge.{{Cite news |date=2024-02-29 |title=Chinese firm Fujian Jinhua cleared of US allegations that it stole trade secrets |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-firm-fujian-jinhua-cleared-us-allegations-that-it-stole-trade-secrets-2024-02-28/}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-28 |title=Chinese chip maker cleared of spying charges in US criminal trade secrets case |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3253436/chinese-chip-maker-cleared-spying-charges-us-criminal-trade-secrets-case |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}