Micron Delivers Industry’s First 1α DRAM Technology
January 26 2021 - 08:00AM
Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced volume
shipment of 1α (1-alpha) node DRAM products built using the world’s
most advanced DRAM process technology and offering major
improvements in bit density, power and performance. This milestone
reinforces Micron’s competitive strength and complements its recent
breakthroughs with the world’s fastest graphics memory and the
first-to-ship 176-layer NAND.
“This 1α node achievement confirms Micron’s excellence in DRAM
and is a direct result of Micron’s relentless commitment to
cutting-edge design and technology,” said Scott DeBoer, executive
vice president of technology and products at Micron. “With a 40%
improvement in memory density over our previous 1z DRAM node, this
advancement will create a solid foundation for future product and
memory innovation.”
Micron plans to integrate the 1α node across its DRAM product
portfolio this year to support all environments that use DRAM
today. The applications for this new DRAM technology are extensive
and far reaching — enhancing performance in everything from mobile
devices to smart vehicles.
Micron continues memory leadership momentum across
multiple market segments
“Our new 1α DRAM technology will enable the industry’s
lowest-power mobile DRAM as well as bring the benefits of our DRAM
portfolio to data center, client, consumer, industrial and
automotive customers,” said Sumit Sadana, executive vice president
and chief business officer at Micron. “With our industry leadership
in both DRAM and NAND technology, Micron is in an excellent
position to leverage the growth in memory and storage, which are
expected to be the fastest growing segments in the semiconductor
industry over the next decade.”
Micron’s 1α DRAM node will facilitate more power-efficient,
reliable memory solutions and provide faster LPDDR5 operating
speeds for mobile platforms that require best-in-class LPDRAM
performance. Micron’s innovation brings the industry’s lowest-power
mobile DRAM, with a 15% improvement in power savings,1 allowing 5G
mobile users to perform more tasks on their smartphones without
sacrificing battery life.
Micron’s advanced memory node supports densities from 8Gb to
16Gb, offering the flexibility to sustain many of Micron’s current
DDR4 and LPDDR4 products while giving Micron’s server, client,
networking and embedded customers the power-efficient, reliable,
extended product support they need. This longevity reduces the cost
of customer requalification within their own product lifecycles. It
also ensures better total cost of ownership over the system life in
use case scenarios such as embedded automotive solutions,
industrial PCs and edge servers that typically have longer
lifespans.
Availability Micron’s Taiwan fabs have begun
volume production of 1α node DRAM, starting with DDR4 memory for
compute customers and Crucial consumer PC DRAM products. Micron has
also begun sampling LPDDR4 to mobile customers for qualification.
The company will introduce additional new products based on this
technology throughout calendar 2021.
About Micron Technology, Inc.
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage
solutions. Through our global brands — Micron® and Crucial® — our
broad portfolio of high-performance memory and storage
technologies, including DRAM, NAND, 3D XPoint™ memory and NOR, is
transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all.
Backed by more than 40 years of technology leadership, our memory
and storage solutions enable disruptive trends, including
artificial intelligence, 5G, machine learning and autonomous
vehicles, in key market segments like mobile, data center, client,
consumer, industrial, graphics, automotive, and networking. Our
common stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the MU symbol. To learn
more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit micron.com.
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____________________________1 15% power savings when compared
to the previous 1z generation of Micron mobile DRAM.
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