Micron Technology, Inc. celebrated the start of 1α (1-alpha) DRAM manufacturing at its fab in Manassas, Virginia. The company said the development serves the automotive, defense and aerospace, industrial, networking and medical device sectors that depend on this kind of memory.
The more than $2 billion expansion, backed by federal, state and local incentives, will reportedly support more than 3,100 direct manufacturing and community jobs.
“Today’s achievement is an important step in Micron’s $200 billion investment plan to expand memory manufacturing and R&D in the U.S.,” Micron Chairman, President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said. “It reflects Micron’s enduring commitment to the customers and industries that depend on long-lifecycle memory for critical applications. We are proud to bring advanced 1α DRAM manufacturing to American soil.”…