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The planned decade-long investment will fund a flagship Boise campus, university partnerships, and satellite labs worldwide
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Micron $MU Technology unveiled Micron Research Labs on Thursday, a U.S.-based research institution headquartered in Boise backed by a planned $10 billion investment over the next decade. According to the company, the lab is designed to unite customers, academic institutions, government agencies, and the wider semiconductor industry in pursuit of advances in memory technologies, compute architectures, packaging, and semiconductor manufacturing.
Micron describes Micron Research Labs as the first dedicated memory research hub of its kind in the United States. Research will be anchored at a flagship Boise campus, with funding also directed toward university collaborations, global satellite labs, and ecosystem partnerships. The company said it plans to begin construction on the Boise facility in 2027, with the finished campus designed to accommodate hundreds of researchers.
