Micron Unveils $10 Billion AI Memory Research Lab In Boise

Micron Unveils $10 Billion AI Memory Research Lab In Boise (yahoo.com) 11 Micron says it will spend $10 billion over the next decade on a new research lab in Boise focused on advanced memory technologies, computing systems, and future chip manufacturing. Here are some details, as reported by Reuters: - Micron Research Labs will bring together customers, academia, government and the broader semiconductor ecosystem to pursue breakthroughs, the company said. - The latest investment builds on the more than $250 billion that Micron had separately committed to manufacturing and R&D across the United States. - The lab will be connected to Micron's research and technology footprint across the U.S., Europe, Japan, India, Singapore and Taiwan. - Growing adoption of AI workloads and infrastructure buildout have boosted demand for high-bandwidth memory, which rapidly feeds data to AI accelerators, making it a critical component of modern computing infrastructure. - The Trump administration has prioritized domestic chip manufacturing in a bid to reduce foreign dependence, boost the economic output and maintain its lead in the AI race. - Micron expects to break ground on the facility in 2027, which will be capable of hosting hundreds of researchers and facilitating international conferences and workshops. - The latest investment builds on the more than $250 billion that Micron had separately committed to manufacturing and R&D across the United States. - The lab will be connected to Micron's research and technology footprint across the U.S., Europe, Japan, India, Singapore and Taiwan. - Growing adoption of AI workloads and infrastructure buildout have boosted demand for high-bandwidth memory, which rapidly feeds data to AI accelerators, making it a critical component of modern computing infrastructure. - The Trump administration has prioritized domestic chip manufacturing in a bid to reduce foreign dependence, boost the economic output and maintain its lead in the AI race. - Micron expects to break ground on the facility in 2027, which will be capable of hosting hundreds of researchers and facilitating international conferences and workshops. Missing out on the Circle jerking (Score:2) Re: (Score:2) Re: (Score:2) Wait until the hardware does woke tasks like vaccine research. Nice. (Score:3) Re: (Score:2) Idaho is so dangerous that you need to be armed? Not saying they're rubes ... (Score:3) but perhaps I'm a bit jaded? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org] I'm sorry but- (Score:2) Taxpayer Money (Score:2) Micron can go fuck themselves. I doubt this will help Boise's economy in any meaningful way either. It's just more of these shit compani