The current head of Micron Mark Durkan, though worked in the company for about 30 years, as CEO in 2012, has taken because of the very unfortunate circumstances - his predecessor was killed in a plane crash. Now resource EE Times reported that Mark Durkan yesterday announced the upcoming retirement from his post. The consulting firm hired by Micron's, Durkan and myself will search for a new CEO. Dates "transitional period" is not marked - apparently Durkan will remain at the
helm until Micron approval of the new candidate for the post of Director General.
Speaking to analysts, the head of Micron identified several current trends in the memory market. According to him, all the DRAM-type memory is less impact on the business's products, but the NAND begins to affect the revenue still stronger. In the future, the company's business all the more will depend on the new markets, but many of them have not even been described. Of course, and the "cloud" systems, and "artificial intelligence", and cars, and the "internet of
things" will actively change the memory market in the coming years.
Micron spokesman incidentally mentioned that the company is developing an alternative to the type of memory 3D XPoint, which was created in collaboration with Intel. Micron employees refused to explain, but the independent expert present at the event, expressed his confidence that this is not an MRAM. The company also intends to master the production of 64-layer 3D NAND memory and to adjust the production of the type of QLC (successor TLC). By the summer of this year, according to analysts,
Samsung will be able to submit a 96-layer memory type 3D NAND.
The memory segment for smartphones, according to Micron management, more and more noticeable influence augmented and virtual reality, which need more memory with higher bandwidth. The automotive electronics segment, an important trend is not only the introduction of the active driver assistance systems, and the need for constant exchange of information via the wireless network.