Micron

Micron Technology, Inc., commonly known as Micron, is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Founded in 1978, it became a publicly traded company in 1984 and is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol MU. As of May 2026, Micron has a market capitalization ranging from approximately $474 billion to over $1 trillion, and it employs around 53,000 team members globally.

Micron is a global leader in memory and storage solutions, specializing in the design, manufacture, and sale of computer memory and data storage products. Its core product categories include Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM), NAND flash memory, and NOR flash memory, as well as solid-state drives (SSDs) and multichip packages. These products are critical components for various applications such as data centers, mobile devices, client PCs, automotive systems, industrial automation, and emerging technologies like AI and 5G. While it previously marketed consumer products under the Crucial and Ballistix brands, Micron announced in late 2025 and early 2026 that it would discontinue the Crucial brand and exit the consumer market to focus on enterprise markets.

In terms of patent litigation, Micron Technology primarily operates as a defendant, reflecting its posture as an operating company that is occasionally targeted by patent assertion entities or other companies. The company has one tracked case, appearing as a defendant in "Netlist Inc. v. Samsung et al." in the Texas Eastern District Court. This jurisdiction is known to be favorable for plaintiffs in patent litigation.

A notable case involving Micron is Netlist Inc. v. Micron Technology Inc., which has seen developments in the Eastern District of Texas. In May 2024, a jury awarded Netlist $445 million in damages, finding Micron willfully infringed two of Netlist's patents related to computer memory technology. However, a related development saw the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirm the cancellation of one of Netlist's patents covering memory module data buffering technology in Micron Technology, Inc. v. Netlist, Inc. in February 2026, which impacts Netlist's ability to assert that specific patent.