Micron Technology, Inc., Supports Agreement on Tariffs.BOISE, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation). Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. -- Micron Technology Micron Technology ("Micron") NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, and CMOS image sensing chips. , Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MU) announced its support for today's finalization of a draft agreement to eliminate duties on multi-chip package (MCP (1) See Microsoft certification. (2) (MultiChip Package) A chip package that contains two or more chips. It is essentially a multichip module (MCM) that uses a laminated, printed-circuit-board-like substrate (MCM-L) rather than ceramic (MCM-C). ) integrated circuits -- a semiconductor device that includes more than one silicon chip inside the package. The draft Agreement on Duty-Free Treatment of Multi-Chip Integrated Circuits was announced today at the Governments/Authorities Meeting on Semiconductors (GAMS GAMS - Guide to Available Mathematical Software ) in Seoul, Korea. The agreement was finalized by representatives of the governments and authorities from the United States, Korea, Japan, Chinese Taipei and the European Commission, who will now return home to complete their respective approval processes. It is foreseen that the GAMS members will eliminate duties on multi-chip package integrated circuits beginning on January 1, 2006. "Mobile handset manufacturers are increasingly adopting MCPs as their package solution for form factor improvement and, by offering NAND flash memory and mobile DRAM, Micron is well positioned to offer the industry a total MCP solution," said Steve Appleton, Micron Chairman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We are pleased to see governments around the world recognize the need for these products to be duty free, and we're particularly appreciative of the USTR's work on this agreement." Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAMs, NAND Flash memory, CMOS image sensors, other semiconductor components, and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE) under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its Web site at www.micron.com. Micron and the Micron orbit logo are trademarks of Micron Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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