From Wikipedia : Micron Technology, Inc. is an American multinational corporation based in Boise, Idaho, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips. Its consumer products are marketed under the brands Crucial Technology and Lexar. Micron and Intel together created IM Flash Technologies, which produces NAND flash memory. Micron was named one of Thomson Reuters top 100 global innovators in 2012 [2] and 2013.[3] Micron Technology is also ranked among the Top 5 Semiconductor producing companies in the world. As of January 2014, it's market capitalization was $26 billion. On January 7, 2014, Micron announced "revenues in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 were $4.04 billion and were 42 percent higher compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and 120 percent higher compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2013".[19] On January 20, 2014 (less than 4 years after the acquisition of Numonyx, 1000 employees in Italy), Micron announced the lay off of the 40% of its Italian workforce (419 employees, almost one third of the overall announced worldwide cuts).

• published: 09 Feb 2014
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