[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 163 (Tuesday, October 2, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S6435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Recognizing Micron Technology

  Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, I rise today on behalf of myself and my 
good friend and colleague, also from Idaho, Senator Crapo, and we wish 
to honor an exceptional business from our great State. That business is 
Micron Technology.
  Although Micron began in Idaho with just four employees, it will 
celebrate its 40th anniversary this week as one of the world's top tech 
companies, with thousands of employees worldwide.
  Micron started as a semiconductor design company in the basement of a 
Boise dental office in 1978. Soon after it broke ground on its first 
fabrication plant in 1980, Micron introduced the world to the smallest 
256K dynamic random access memory. By 1994, Micron's development of 
solid state drives and other flash memory technology in its product 
portfolio earned it a spot on the Fortune 500 list. Today, Micron's 
team of more than 34,000 employees spans the globe from Boise, Silicon 
Valley, and Virginia, to Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, and Europe.
  As one of the top four semiconductor companies in the world, Micron 
works with the world's most trusted brands and is the only pure play 
memory company headquartered in the Western Hemisphere. Throughout its 
40-year history, Micron has contributed to more than 40,000 patents and 
continues to advance memory and storage technologies that enable 
innovations in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and 
autonomous vehicles. Micron's advancements have made the United States 
a leader in technology and give the Nation a competitive edge in data 
storage, security, and supercomputing.
  In addition to its renowned technological developments, I am proud 
that Micron is working to transform the communities where its team 
members live and work, providing resources to educate the next 
generation of scientists, inventors, and engineers.
  In 2017, Micron was ranked 23rd in the Fortune Just 100, Forbes' list 
of companies with the best and most just business behavior.
  Last year, the Micron Foundation awarded more than 550 grants 
worldwide and donated more than $10 million to education and community-
related causes.
  I wish to congratulate Micron on its long list of accomplishments and 
thank the company for the opportunities it provides for Idahoans and 
for all Americans. The advances Micron's solutions provide for 
computing across our country are considerable. It is my pleasure to 
recognize its 40th anniversary on October 5, 2018. We all wish Micron 
the best of luck and continued success as a global technology leader 
and world-class semiconductor company.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Daines). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.