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Definition: Micron Technology
(Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho) An American semiconductor manufacturing company that specializes in memory, solid state storage and camera sensor chips. Founded in 1978 by four people in the basement of a Boise, Idaho dental office, Micron built its first fab in 1980, and its first product was the design of a 64K memory chip in 1981. With the purchase of Texas Instruments' memory operations in 1998, Micron became one of the largest memory companies worldwide. Today, Micron has offices and facilities throughout the U.S. and around the world. See dynamic RAM, SSD and CMOS sensor.
A Micron SODIMM
A pair of these Micron SODIMMs can provide up to 128GB of memory for gamers and memory-intensive operations. Micron's Crucial brand debuted in 1996 especially for the do-it-yourself consumer. However, in 2025, Micron announced it was winding down the brand to focus on chips for AI. (Image courtesy of Micron Technology, Inc.)