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Sanjay Mehrotra-led Micron Technology on Aug. 20 announced plans to establish a long-term research institution headquartered in Boise, Idaho, backed by a planned $10 billion investment over the next decade to advance memory and computing technologies for the AI era.

Building on Micron’s technology and manufacturing leadership, Micron Research Labs will bring together customers, academia, government and the broader semiconductor ecosystem to pursue breakthroughs beyond today’s technology roadmaps and help define what’s possible in the decades ahead. Key research areas include critical memory technologies, advanced memory and compute architectures, packaging and future semiconductor manufacturing.

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As the first dedicated memory research hub of its kind in the U.S., Micron Research Labs will center on a flagship Boise campus designed to support advanced research across critical technology domains. The planned investment will also fund extensive university collaborations, global satellite labs and deep ecosystem partnerships, creating a connected research network focused beyond the next generation of technologies for the AI era.

“The decisions today will determine who leads the AI economy of tomorrow, and America’s AI future will be built on American-made memory,” said Mehrotra, chairman, president and CEO of Micron Technology.

“With a planned $10 billion investment in Micron Research Labs, we are looking around the corner to the memory and compute systems the future will demand, bringing together the best minds across academia, government, startups and industry,” he said.

“This builds on the more than $250 billion we have separately committed to manufacturing and R&D across the United States, because as the only U.S.-based manufacturer of memory, we have long believed in the future that AI is now making real.”

Micron Research Labs is founded on a simple conviction: The future of memory and compute is too important and complex to invent alone. Anchored in Boise and connected to Micron’s research and technology footprint across the U.S., Europe, Japan, India, Singapore and Taiwan, the lab will link Micron researchers with external experts and research partners to accelerate the path from scientific discovery to real-world impact.

Building on Micron’s 62,000 lifetime patents and its position as a global technology leader, Micron Research Labs will advance foundational research across memory, compute and semiconductor manufacturing. The institution will look beyond a 10-year horizon while helping build the next generation of memory researchers and technology leaders.

Breakthroughs in advanced memory make AI more powerful, scalable, accessible and sustainable, extending the benefits of intelligent technology to agriculture, health care, education and industries around the world and advancing Micron’s vision to accelerate intelligence to enrich life for all.

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— Sanjay Mehrotra (@MicronCEO) August 20, 2026

This new investment builds on Micron’s previously announced plans to invest more than $250 billion in manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. that will create more than 90,000 American jobs and reinforce American leadership in memory and advanced manufacturing for years to come. This new investment draws on Micron’s unique position as the only U.S.-based company developing and manufacturing leading-edge memory.

“For nearly 50 years, from four people in a Boise basement to America’s memory leader, Micron has pushed the boundaries of what memory can do,” said Scott DeBoer, executive vice president and chief technology and products officer at Micron Technology. “Micron Research Labs gives that legacy a dedicated home for long-horizon innovation, the kind of research that sits upstream of every product we build.”

Micron anticipates breaking ground in calendar 2027 on a state-of-the-art Micron Research Labs facility capable of hosting hundreds of researchers. The facility is expected to convene world-class research conferences, workshops and innovation forums in Boise.

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said memory is a core component of America’s technological leadership, and under President Donald Trump, the United States is advancing domestic semiconductor capabilities. This commitment will strengthen American innovation, create hundreds of jobs and ensure memory never limits innovation.

Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios said Micron’s establishment of the first dedicated memory research lab in the United States advances the Trump administration’s mission to secure the nation’s technological edge.

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, said Micron is taking on one of the great challenges of the AI era: reinventing memory technologies and architectures to fuel the next generation of increasingly powerful AI systems. By bringing together advanced manufacturing and the broader technology ecosystem, Micron is helping drive the breakthroughs that will define the next era of AI and computing.

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said that for more than two decades, Micron has been an important partner, providing memory technologies for Apple’s products used around the world. With the launch of Micron Research Labs, they are building on a legacy of leadership in semiconductor research to drive breakthroughs in memory and computing for decades to come. 

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