Micron: Closed DRAM design department in Shanghai:
-For measures against leakage of confidential information of important technology-
US memory chip
Micron Technology
Micron said in a statement released on the 26th
DRAM design work of Shanghai branch office,
It was revealed that it will end within the year.
Industry sources:
Some of the Chinese engineers in this department will be assigned to branch offices in the United States and India.
The South China Morning Post, an English-language newspaper in Hong Kong, reported.
The statement did not clarify the reason for the termination of the business.
There was no change in other operations.
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US-China tech war: chip maker Micron to close DRAM design operations in Shanghai, move key engineers to US, India
The US chip company said
the change is to focus on producing NAND memory in Shanghai,but a source said
a ‘loss of technical know-how’ was a factorSome of the 150 members of the firm’s Shanghai DRAM team can apply to be relocated, with successful applicants given immigration packages to the US or India
South China Morning Post