AI memory hunger forces Micron’s consumer exodus: A turning point in semiconductor economics
In the basement of a Boise, Idaho, dental workplace in 1978, 4 engineers based what would turn into considered one of America’s semiconductor giants. Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson, and Doug Pitman began Micron Technology as a modest design consultancy, backed by native buyers together with potato magnate J.R. Simplot. By 1983, they’d achieved…
