Micron Technology

For other uses, see Micron (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Mikron Group, a Russian company, or JMicron, a Taiwanese company.
Micron Technology, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustrySemiconductors
FoundedOctober 5, 1978;
45 years ago (1978-10-05)
Founders
  • Ward Parkinson
  • Joe Parkinson
  • Dennis Wilson
  • Doug Pitman
HeadquartersBoise, Idaho, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Brands
  • Ballistix Gaming
  • Crucial
  • SpecTek
RevenueDecrease US$15.54 billion (2023)
Decrease −US$5.75 billion (2023)
Decrease −US$5.83 billion (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$64.25 billion (2023)
Total equityDecrease US$44.12 billion (2023)
Number of employees
43,000 (2023)
Websitemicron.com
Footnotes / references
Financials as of August 31, 2023[2]
DDR4 RDIMM featuring both Micron logo (far left) and Crucial logo (centre right)
Crucial-branded 525GB solid state drive
Lexar SDXC UHS-II memory card (front and back) manufactured while the company was owned by Micron
Crucial-branded SD memory cards from 2007

Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) 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 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[3] and 2017.[4] It is one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies and the only U.S.-based manufacturer of memory.[5]

For over 45 years, Micron has delivered memory and storage systems for a broad range of applications. Through the global brands — Micron and Crucial® — the company offers a broad portfolio of major memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND and NOR memory and storage products.[6]

Today, Micron’s memory and storage solutions enable AI (artificial intelligence) and compute intensive applications across data centers, the intelligent edge and consumer devices for an array of industries including healthcare, automotive and communications.[7]

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  2. ^ "US SEC: Form 10-K Micron Technology, Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. October 6, 2023.
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  5. ^ "Micron Technology | Global Leaders in Semiconductors". www.micron.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  6. ^ "Micron Technology | Global Leaders in Semiconductors". www.micron.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  7. ^ "Micron Enables Computationally Intensive AI, Data Analytics and Memory-Focused Workloads With High-Capacity, High-Performance RDIMM Memory Solutions". Yahoo Finance. 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2024-09-27.