Micron unveils $10 billion AI memory research lab in Boise

Micron Technology said on Thursday it plans to spend $10 billion on its newly established research ​lab at Boise, Idaho, over the next decade ‌to advance memory technologies, develop compute systems and support future chip manufacturing.

Large memory chipmakers such as Micron, Samsung Electronics ​and SK Hynix have been benefiting from a ​surge in demand from the rapid expansion ⁠of AI infrastructure.

Here are some details:

• 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.