Micron Technology, Inc. is an American transnational corporation, one of the world leaders in the production of semiconductors, computer memory and computer data storage, the main part of which are the memory chips of dynamic random-access memory, USB flash drives and flash memory. The corporation was established in October 1978 in Idaho, the USA at first and a company rendering consulting services in semiconductors design. Quite soon, in 1981 the company shifted its activities from consulting to production. In the XXI century, the corporation experienced rapid growth, forming joint ventures with Intel Company and acquiring some others. In 2017 Micron Technology received net income at the level of US$ 5 billion while its assets accounted for US$35,34 billion.