[News] Micron Reportedly Cuts Over 300 Jobs in China Amid Mobile NAND Retreat

As Chinese local media revealed Micron begun layoffs in its China operations as of August 11, a latest report from South China Morning Post discloses that the move is expected to affect hundreds of employees, as part of its global pullback from the underperforming mobile NAND market.

The layoffs are expected to cut over 300 jobs in China, according to a Micron employee who requested anonymity cited by the report. As ijiwei and EETimes China previously reported, the cuts mainly affect domestic embedded teams involved in R&D, testing, and support roles like FAE and AE, impacting employees across major cities including Shanghai and Shenzhen.

South China Morning Post suggests that the company employed over 3,000 staff in mainland China, with roughly two-thirds based in Xi’an. Notably, the report highlights that the U.S. memory giant has long been at the heart of the US-China trade tensions, as it become the first foreign semiconductor firm to face a cybersecurity review in China and receiving a partial sales ban in May 2023.

As Reuters reported, Micron’s DRAM Engineering Group at the Shanghai Design Center closed in late 2022, with the company shifting its focus to NAND and SSD development in the Chinese market.

Micron’s latest annual report shows China’s sales share dropped to 12.1% in 2024 from 14% in 2023, lagging well behind the U.S. at 52.4% and Taiwan at 18.7%.

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