Micron announces $10B research hub in Boise(investors.micron.com)
60 pointsby osnium1239 hours ago6 comments
  • xrd20 minutes ago
    Why Boise?

    The press release says something about 4 people in Boise a long time ago?

    None of the quotes have anyone from Boise or even Idaho. Not the governor of Idaho, not a University of Idaho faculty.

    There are quotes from Lutnick, Cook from Apple, Jensen Huang, someone from Stanford.

    What's the connection to Idaho? Why put this there?

    As an Oregonian, I'm a little biased, but why not put this closer to ex-Intel employees and a source of labor. As an Oregonian living now in Florida, the stories about everyone from California moving to Texas and Florida definitely don't seem true to me. My opinion is that those migration patterns hide the realities which is that you've definitely got a lot of financiers and billionaires like Sergey Brin (i.e. tax evaders) declaring they are now Florida residents. And a bunch of people outside of high skilled fields (setting aside healthcare workers) who are migrating in search of cheaper housing. But not a lot of "middle class" tech people (I've been searching for four years and they aren't here). Probably they don't want to subject themselves to the worst public schools in the country and fight the culture wars.

    But the point is, how do you staff this research lab without an expectation that thousands of people will move their families there. This is a research lab, not jobs for a data center (electrician and construction).

    • datakan17 minutes ago
      They were founded in Boise. Boise is their HQ and where most of their developer and research staff live. I worked there for almost 9 years. They have several fabs here, all on the same plot of land just outside of town. This will add to it.
      • kspacewalk22 minutes ago
        I interned at that site about 20 years ago. Took me 30+ minutes to walk from one end (where their image sensor R&D was, before they spun it off) to the other end. As a 20 year old, it was amazing to walk past all the various clean rooms, watch the robots and the guys in bunny suits do their thing. A fun experience.
    • dboreham12 minutes ago
      The press release was poorly edited. While everyone inside the semiconductor industry knows that Micron is based in Boise, the general public doesn't. The press release should have said so rather than leaving it to the reader to interpret the 408 area codes listed for the contacts. Oh wait...that's San Jose. Boise is 208.

      Fwiw the story of how Micron ended up being founded in Boise is pretty interesting.

  • oybngan hour ago
    $10B press release
  • rho1384 hours ago
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  • LorenDB2 hours ago
    How about building another fab first?
    • datakanan hour ago
      They are literally building a fab right next to it as we speak.
      • ameliusan hour ago
        How about running night-shifts?
        • dist-epoch28 minutes ago
          Stop trolling. The vast majority of semiconductor producing companies run 24/7/365
        • catchnear432128 minutes ago
          could we just skip to the last goal post move i have a busy day
      • kotaKatan hour ago
        ... can they bring the Clay fab up first? Or will Upstate NY just become a(nother) bad joke (again)?
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  • iddan5 hours ago
    Sebastian: You should come.

    Mia: To Boise?

    Sebastian: You can knock it off your bucket list.

    ~ La La Land 2016

  • brookst21 minutes ago
    Lowest vaccination rates in the country, measles at only 75%. Biggest gender pay gap in the country. No protections for gay people, strong anti-immigrant sentiment.

    What could possibly go wrong with a research hub that can only attract straight white guys who don’t care about their kids getting terrible diseases?

    • kyleblarson5 minutes ago
      Yes, Idaho and Boise in particular are absolute hellscapes. Who wants an incredibly clean, safe city with kind people who value the rule of law, a low cost of living and great access to trails, mountains and rivers. People should definitely not move there.
    • tw0410 minutes ago
      The announcement being made by a CEO that wasn’t born in America is just the cherry on top. Can’t wait for the complete surprise when his citizenship is revoked. I imagine it will be something about “I thought they were just targeting the bad ones”.