MU Micron Technology Inc.
Micron Technology, Inc. is an American producer of computer memory and computer data storage including dynamic random-access memory, flash memory, and USB flash drives. It is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Its consumer products are marketed under the brands Crucial and Ballistix. Micron and Intel together created IM Flash Technologies, which produces NAND flash memory. It owned Lexar between 2006 and 2017. Micron was founded in Boise, Idaho, in 1978 by Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson, and Doug Pitman as a semiconductor design consulting company. Startup funding was provided by local Idaho businessmen Tom Nicholson, Allen Noble, Rudolph Nelson, and Ron Yanke. Later it received funding from Idaho billionaire J. R. Simplot, whose fortune was made in the potato business. In 1981, the company moved from consulting to manufacturing with the completion of its first wafer fabrication unit , producing 64K DRAM chips.
Company profile
Ticker
MU
Exchange
Website
CEO
Sanjay Mehrotra
Employees
Incorporated
Location
Fiscal year end
Industry (SIC)
SEC CIK
Corporate docs
IRS number
751618004
MU stock data
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Calendar
19 Oct 20
3 Dec 20
2 Sep 21
News
Financial summary
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Financial data from company earnings reports.
Recent insider trades
| Date | Owner | Security | Transaction | Code | 10b5-1 | $Price | #Shares | $Value | #Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov 20 | Deboer Scott J | Common Stock | Sell | Dispose S | Yes | 65 | 12,446 | 808.99K | 148,722 |
| 16 Nov 20 | Arnzen April S | Common Stock | Sell | Dispose S | No | 61.1601 | 11,668 | 713.62K | 103,888 |
| 16 Nov 20 | Arnzen April S | Common Stock | Option exercise | Aquire M | No | 41.56 | 3,508 | 145.79K | 115,556 |
| 16 Nov 20 | Arnzen April S | Common Stock | Option exercise | Aquire M | No | 17.41 | 8,160 | 142.07K | 112,048 |
| 16 Nov 20 | Arnzen April S | NQSO Common Stock | Option exercise | Dispose M | No | 41.56 | 3,508 | 145.79K | 3,508 |
| 16 Nov 20 | Arnzen April S | NQSO Common Stock | Option exercise | Dispose M | No | 17.41 | 8,160 | 142.07K | 0 |
| 16 Nov 20 | Deboer Scott J | Common Stock | Sell | Dispose S | Yes | 60 | 10,000 | 600K | 161,168 |
| 16 Nov 20 | Deboer Scott J | Common Stock | Sell | Dispose S | Yes | 60 | 15,000 | 900K | 171,168 |
| 16 Nov 20 | Deboer Scott J | Common Stock | Option exercise | Aquire M | No | 17.41 | 15,000 | 261.15K | 186,168 |
| 16 Nov 20 | Deboer Scott J | NQSO Common Stock | Option exercise | Dispose M | No | 17.41 | 15,000 | 261.15K | 16,320 |
Financial report summary
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Western Digital • Cypress Semiconductor • Samsung Electronics • Mosys • Seagate Technology • Western Digital • ZCO LIQUIDATING • Fusion-io • Boise • ADESTO TECHNOLOGIESManagement Discussion
- ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
- This discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the year ended September 3, 2020. All period references are to our fiscal periods unless otherwise indicated. Our fiscal year is the 52 or 53-week period ending on the Thursday closest to August 31. Fiscal 2020 contains 53 weeks and our fiscal 2019 and 2018 each contain 52 weeks. Our fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 contained 14 weeks. All tabular dollar amounts are in millions, except per share amounts.
- For an overview of our business, see “Part I – Item 1. Business – Overview.”
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Financial reports
10-K
2020 FY
Annual report
19 Oct 20
10-Q
2020 Q3
Quarterly report
30 Jun 20
10-Q
2020 Q2
Quarterly report
26 Mar 20
10-Q
2020 Q1
Quarterly report
20 Dec 19
10-K
2019 FY
Annual report
17 Oct 19
10-Q
2019 Q3
Quarterly report
26 Jun 19
10-Q
2019 Q2
Quarterly report
21 Mar 19
10-Q
2019 Q1
Quarterly report
19 Dec 18
10-K
2018 FY
Annual report
15 Oct 18
10-Q
2018 Q3
Quarterly report
22 Jun 18
Current reports
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
1 Dec 20
8-K
Micron Updates First Quarter Fiscal 2021 Guidance
1 Dec 20
8-K
Micron Technology, Inc. Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2020
29 Sep 20
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
21 Sep 20
8-K
Micron Appoints Lynn Dugle to Board of Directors
4 Aug 20
8-K
Micron Technology, Inc. Reports Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2020
29 Jun 20
8-K
Regulation FD Disclosure
27 May 20
8-K
Regulation FD Disclosure
22 May 20
8-K
Other Events
14 May 20
8-K
Regulation FD Disclosure
12 May 20
Registration and prospectus
S-3ASR
Automatic shelf registration
4 Nov 20
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
23 Apr 20
FWP
Free writing prospectus
21 Apr 20
424B2
Prospectus for primary offering
21 Apr 20
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
29 Oct 19
15-12G
Securities registration termination
15 Aug 19
25
Voluntary exchange delisting
5 Aug 19
8-A12B/A
Registration of securities on exchange (amended)
19 Jul 19
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
12 Jul 19
FWP
Free writing prospectus
11 Jul 19
Proxies
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
1 Dec 20
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
1 Dec 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
9 Dec 19
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
9 Dec 19
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
6 Dec 18
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
6 Dec 18
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
11 Dec 17
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
7 Dec 17
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
8 Dec 16
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
8 Dec 16
Other
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
28 May 20
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
31 May 19
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
11 Jul 18
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
3 Jul 18
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
31 May 18
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
26 May 17
CT ORDER
Confidential treatment order
10 Apr 17
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
1 Mar 17
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
24 Feb 17
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
17 Feb 17
Ownership
4
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / Scott J Deboer ownership change
30 Nov 20
4
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / Scott J Deboer ownership change
17 Nov 20
4
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / APRIL S ARNZEN ownership change
17 Nov 20
4
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / Scott J Deboer ownership change
11 Nov 20
4
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / Joel L Poppen ownership change
11 Nov 20
3
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / SCOTT R. ALLEN ownership change
4 Nov 20
4
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / Sumit Sadana ownership change
27 Oct 20
4
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / SANJAY MEHROTRA ownership change
27 Oct 20
4
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / MANISH H BHATIA ownership change
27 Oct 20
4
MICRON TECHNOLOGY / Michael W Bokan ownership change
27 Oct 20
Patents
GRANT
Utility
Vehicle secure messages based on a vehicle private key
1 Dec 20
An example apparatus comprises a processing resource coupled to a memory resource.
GRANT
Utility
Inductive testing probe apparatus for testing semiconductor die and related systems and methods
1 Dec 20
A testing probe apparatus for testing die.
GRANT
Utility
Power management, dynamic routing and memory management for autonomous driving vehicles
1 Dec 20
The invention relates to a system and method for navigating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) that utilizes an-onboard computer and/or one or more ADV control system nodes in an ADV network platform.
GRANT
Utility
Power management integrated circuit with in situ non-volatile programmability
1 Dec 20
Disclosed is a power management integrated circuit including dual one-time programmable memory banks and methods for controlling the same.
GRANT
Utility
Predictive data pre-fetching in a data storage device
1 Dec 20
A data storage system having non-volatile media, a buffer memory, a processing device, and a data pre-fetcher.