Micron Technology recently likes to tout itself as the only U.S. maker of memory chips, even though other factories are located abroad. The company plans to boost the nation’s semiconductor industry by investing up to $10 billion in development new research laboratory The next ten years in Idaho.
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Let me remind you that in this state there should be two large-scale memory chip manufacturers, one of which will start full operation in the middle of next year. Micron naturally wants to support its production with research and development, and the creation of the Micron Research Laboratory in Boise will serve that purpose. The company hopes to bring customers, scientists and government representatives together in the lab so they can jointly decide the direction of the U.S. semiconductor industry in the coming decades. Advanced architecture and memory production methods will be the focus of the development of the research center. Advanced computing architecture, chip packaging and production methods will also be studied.
Micron intends to actively collaborate with academic institutions and friendly researchers around the world through its laboratories. The focus will be on technologies that contribute to the development of the artificial intelligence industry. As you know, memory is becoming an increasingly important part of computing infrastructure, not only HBM but also classic DRAM. As Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra pointed out yesterday, customers are increasingly involved in the development of new memory early in the process. The doors of Micron Labs will also be open to startups that can enrich the artificial intelligence ecosystem with their ideas. The company already holds about 62,000 patents and hopes to increase this number in the future with the help of the new research center. Various themed activities will also be held here. The new laboratory is scheduled to break ground in 2027. It will be able to provide employment opportunities for hundreds of engineers and researchers.
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