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Micron Technology

Micron Technology

Memory chipmaker

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Trump accounts launch: America's first universal child investment program

Rule Changes

Committed $250 million — largest single corporate pledge to Trump Accounts

The program launched July 4, 2026, opening for contributions on America's 250th birthday. Treasury deposited $1,000 into 1.4 million eligible accounts, committing $1.4 billion in total; 6 million children are now enrolled.

Updated 2 days ago

SK hynix ships first 12-layer HBM4E samples for AI systems

New Capabilities

Third supplier; smaller share of Nvidia orders

Modern AI chips can crunch numbers faster than memory can feed them data. On June 18, 2026, SK hynix said it shipped samples of HBM4E, a stacked memory chip built to narrow that gap, to major customers.

Updated Jun 18

The packaging pivot: why AI's real bottleneck isn't chips—it's putting them together

Built World

Third-place HBM competitor with aggressive expansion plans

For decades, chip packaging was the unglamorous final step—stacking and connecting silicon dies after the real engineering was done. Now it's the constraint holding back AI.

Updated May 20