Indian American tech entrepreneur Sanjay Mehrotra-led Micron Technology has unveiled Micron Research Labs, a U.S.-based long-horizon premier research institution backed by a planned $10 billion investment over the next decade.
Building on Micron’s technology and manufacturing leadership, the Boise, Idaho-based hub 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, according to a Micron media release. 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.
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“The decisions we make today will determine who leads the AI economy of tomorrow, and America’s AI future will be built on American-made memory,” said Sanjay 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.”
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, according to the release.
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, healthcare, education and industries around the world and advancing Micron’s vision to accelerate intelligence to enrich life for all.
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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 will reinforce American leadership in memory and advanced manufacturing for years to come, according to the release.
Mehrotra joined Micron in 2017 after a distinguished career at SanDisk Corp. where he led the company from start-up in 1988 until its sale in 2016. In addition to being a SanDisk co-founder, he served as its president and CEO from 2011 to 2016, overseeing its growth to an industry-leading Fortune 500 company.
In 2022 , Mehrotra was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, one of the profession’s highest distinctions. Mehrotra earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley and is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program (SEP).