Micron scaling back jobs, flash

Dustin Sier (MiracleManS)

October 9, 2008 3:08 PM ET in News, , , , ,

Today Micron Technologies, Inc. announced that it intends to cut jobs and reduce their production of flash memory. Micron reveals that they are ailing in the credit crunch as with other manufacturers and went on to say that their Flash SSD division has been hit worst of all.

Micron, the United States’ largest memory IC manufacturer, has most recently partnered with Intel Corp. to develop NAND-based flash memory. Time will tell how this recent announcement will effect this ongoing partnership and, further, the flash memory landscape.

4 Comments:

  1. Snarkasm
    9 Oct '08, 7:21 pm

    This is not the way to make Intel SSD price drops happen.

  2. csimon
    9 Oct '08, 10:21 pm

    Doesn't Marc work there?

  3. Winfrey
    10 Oct '08, 1:44 am

    I believe so, haven't seen him around Icrontic for a while though. Probably could shed some light on this issue...

    Hopefully the economy will pick up, the market sure has dropped.

  4. Leonardo
    10 Oct '08, 7:22 pm

    "Doesn't Marc work there?" Yes, he does! Hope he didn't get hit.

    Concerning SSD: Yeah I'm sure an economic slowdown would hit SSD - any brand - badly. What, with 1TB conventional HDDs going for close to $100, why purchase a low capacity SSD if money is tight. In my mind, SSDs right now are luxury, or toys. I'll reconsider when prices take a significant tumble. I hope that doesn't take two or three years, but it may.

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