Micron Technology Joins EUV LLC Group To Support Advanced Lithography Program

Extreme Ultra Violet Lithography to Make Chips with 100 Times More Computing Power and 100 Times More Storage Capacity

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 11, 2000 - The Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) LLC today announced that Micron Technology, Inc., has joined the group to support the development of advanced lithography technology.

Micron, the industry's largest memory manufacturer, joins a private industry consortium led by Intel Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices and Motorola.

These companies have joined forces with the Virtual National Laboratory (VNL) - consisting of three U.S. Department of Energy labs - to develop advanced lithography technology targeted at increasing computer chip capabilities.

The advanced lithography technology - called Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) - will allow the industry to etch circuit lines smaller than 0.1 micron widths, allowing microprocessors to become 100 times more powerful and memory chips to store 100 times more information than is currently possible. "We are very pleased that Micron Technology has joined the EUV LLC," said Sunlin Chou, Chairman of the Board for the EUV LLC. "As EUV technology continues to make rapid progress, Micron Technology's expertise in DRAMs will enhance our ability to make EUV lithography attractive for all types of semiconductor products."

"Micron is also pleased to join the group and immediately begin the process of leveraging its strength in advanced semiconductor process development to the benefit of the consortium," said Mark Durcan, Vice President of Research and Development for Micron. "We are firm believers this next step in the evolution of optical photolithography is the best way to meet our aggressive technology roadmap."

The Virtual National Laboratory represents the combined resources of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Today's advanced microprocessors are produced using 0.18 micron technology. Intel projects that the microprocessor of the year 2011 will contain one billion transistors, operating at over 10 gigahertz and deliver 100,000 MIPS (millions of instructions per second). One micron is equal to 1/1,000,000 of a meter, 1/22,400th of an inch, or approximately 1/100th the thickness of a human hair.

Micron Technology, Inc., and its subsidiaries manufacture and market DRAMs, very fast SRAMs, Flash, as well as other semiconductor components, memory modules, graphics accelerators and personal computer systems. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol MU. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its web site at www.micron.com.

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