Micron’s Virginia fab begins producing America’s most advanced DRAM memory — fab expansion to quadruple output, easing DDR4 shortage for automotive and defense

Micron's Virginia fab begins producing America's most advanced DRAM memory — fab expansion to quadruple output, easing DDR4 shortage for automotive and defense

Across all three sites, Micron says the investments will create an estimated 90,000 direct and indirect jobs.

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usertests Does this mean the supply of consumer DDR4 UDIMMs and SODIMMs in the US will increase, or are they making chips for RDIMMs, LPDDR4, etc.? Reply

Shiznizzle Micron said they were getting out of the consumer RAM market. Are they or was that just for DDR 5? My guess is they are happy to fleece people with an older fleshed out node they had years to perfect. Reply

PEnns Shiznizzle said: Micron said they were getting out of the consumer RAM market. Are they or was that just for DDR 5? My guess is they are happy to fleece people with an older fleshed out node they had years to perfect. Indeed.. I wonder what happened to make them change their mind and reopen a shuttered factory. It definitely can't be the over-priced product or something like that…. Reply

Why_Me Shiznizzle said: Micron said they were getting out of the consumer RAM market. Are they or was that just for DDR 5? My guess is they are happy to fleece people with an older fleshed out node they had years to perfect. PEnns said: Indeed.. I wonder what happened to make them change their mind and reopen a shuttered factory. It definitely can't be the over-priced product or something like that…. Would it be better if less RAM was manufactured in the US? Reply

USAFRet Shiznizzle said: Micron said they were getting out of the consumer RAM market. Are they or was that just for DDR 5? My guess is they are happy to fleece people with an older fleshed out node they had years to perfect. FTA: the Manassas fab specifically serves long-lifecycle customers in the automotive, defense, aerospace, industrial, networking, and medical device sectors This is not for thee and me. Reply

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