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Micron plans multi-billion $ fab
investments in Idaho, N.Y. state
BOISE, Idaho — With the ink barely
dry on the new CHIPS bill, the United
States’ largest memory manufacturer,
Micron Technology, announced plans
to build multi-billion dollar fabs in
Idaho and New York state.
$15 billion for Idaho
With its first announcement, Micron said
it will invest about $15 billion through the
end of the decade to build a new fab in
Boise, the site of its current headquarters.
In a second announcement, just days after
the Idaho news, the memory supplier said
it has chosen Clay, N.Y., near Buffalo, for
what it terms “the largest semiconductor
facility in the history of the United States”
In September, Intel Corp. broke ground in
Licking County, Ohio, near Columbus, for
what that supplier called the largest fab
ever built. Intel’s megafab will begin with
two plants, but may escalate to 11 before
the decade is out, the northern California-
based company said.
This is a preliminary sketch of the planned Idaho fab. (Micron)
Kickoff to the CHIPS Act
With the Idaho announcement, the com-
panty disclosed that it was to be the first of
Micron’s planned U.S. investments following
passage of the CHIPS Act.
This once-little company in the potato
fields of Idaho has come a long way since
its founding on Oct. 5, 1978, 44 years ago.
The founders were Ward Parkinson, his
twin brother Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson
and Douglas Pitman.
Micron founders from left, Dennis Wilson, Joe Parkinson, Douglas
Pittman and Ward Parkinson, photographed in 1978. (Micron)
Micron operates the only wafer fabs in Ida-
ho, although nearby American Semicon-
ductor operates a purpose-built pilot-line
factory in Boise for advanced packaging,
assembly, and test.
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ASI, with an expandable 9,000 ft site says
it is working to expand capacity for a high-
volume OSAT facility with private and gov-
ernment funding.
Federal grants
With the anticipated federal grants and
credits made possible through the CHIPS
and Science Act, as well as the incentives
provided by the state of Idaho and the sup-
port of the governor, the new fab will create
over 17,000 new American jobs, including
approximately 2,000 direct Micron jobs, by
the end of the decade.
Micron says,“as part of the company’s on-
going commitment to invest in the Idaho
community and further build our workforce,
Micron will expand investment for K-12
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