Boise design business begins
The company began with four people in a dental-office basement.
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Micron Technology
Micron began as a small Boise semiconductor design company, built manufacturing capacity and entered the public market in 1984. The accessible primary history does not disclose a modern-style round-by-round cap table.
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THE STORY & THE EVIDENCE
Micron Technology: before the public market.
Micron began as a small Boise semiconductor design company, built manufacturing capacity and entered the public market in 1984. The accessible primary history does not disclose a modern-style round-by-round cap table.
Historical IPO5 sourced milestonesPrivate share terms unavailable
- Formation
- Historical private financing
Local private backing
A contemporary industry profile attributes design and initial plant funding to local investors, without a usable round-by-round price schedule.
- Operating milestone
First fabrication plant
Ground was broken on the first fabrication plant, moving the business toward manufacturing.
- Operating milestone
First DRAM product
Micron’s timeline records its first 64K DRAM product.
- Historical IPO
Micron goes public
The public listing is established. Entry-price and split-basis fields remain user assumptions until a complete primary pricing review is available.
What the records do not establish
- Early private-round dates, preferred-share terms and a verified conversion chain are not available in the reviewed issuer sources.
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Research reviewed 2026-09-24. Selected public records, not a complete private cap table. An undisclosed price is left unknown.
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Micron company history ↗
1978 four-person design company and first fabrication plant in 1980.
Micron company timeline ↗
Early manufacturing milestones and 1984 public listing.
Contemporaneous semiconductor industry profile ↗
Micron profile: local investors funded development and initial plant; June 1984 public listing.