Micron Technology doesn't get a lot of attention, but it should. Especially because it's one of Apple's largest silicon suppliers.
The Boise, Idaho-based company flies under the radar much of the time in the non-investor community. But it's the second largest DRAM memory chip company in the world -- outranked only by behemoth Samsung -- and third largest chipmaker overall in in terms of wafer capacity, even beating Intel.
And it's now a lot closer to Apple after it completed the $2 billion acquisition of Japanese memory maker Elpida last year. Why? Because Apple uses lots of Elpida memory in its iPhone and iPad products. Most recently, that means the iPhone 5S and iPad Air.
Apple is expected to use Micron's newest DDR4 memory chips in upcoming products. DDR4 will befaster and more power efficient than the current DDR3 technology used widely in PCs, tablets, and smartphones.
Memory capacities will increase too. Future iPads and iPhones -- and whatever new mobile products Apple dreams up -- will likely use more system memory, as designs demand more horsepower
Source: CNET
