{"id":4757,"date":"2025-08-12T21:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/micron-starts-lay-offs-in-china-as-us-memory-chipmaker-exits-mobile-nand-market\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T21:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:32:01","slug":"micron-starts-lay-offs-in-china-as-us-memory-chipmaker-exits-mobile-nand-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/micron-starts-lay-offs-in-china-as-us-memory-chipmaker-exits-mobile-nand-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Micron starts lay-offs in China as US memory chipmaker exits mobile NAND market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/08\/12\/d9b4f448-352f-483d-8dbf-a88095658679_a1eef259.jpg?itok=dqy4flhg&amp;v=1754999923\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.1944444444444\">US chipmaker <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Micron Technology<\/span> has started a new round of lay-offs that is expected to shed hundreds of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">jobs in mainland China<\/span>, as part of the company&rsquo;s global retreat from the lacklustre mobile NAND memory market.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-y2bwcc e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"11.047619047619\">Micron &ndash; with offices in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Shanghai<\/span>, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Shenzhen<\/span> and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Xian<\/span>, capital of northwestern Shaanxi province &ndash; said &ldquo;continued weakness in the mobile NAND market&rdquo; prompted it to halt global development in that area, the company told Chinese media on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.2016129032258\">Mobile NAND refers to flash memory used in devices such as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">smartphones<\/span> and tablets for general storage and transfer of data.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Boise, Idaho-based Micron this week started cutting jobs at its mainland units, including research and development, testing and support facilities, according to Chinese media reports. The number of axed roles was not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The lay-offs were expected to slash more than 300 jobs in China, according to a Micron employee who declined to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media. Like other foreign technology companies that have downsized operations in the country over the past few years, Micron offered generous compensation to mainland staff who voluntarily left the firm, the employee said.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-gy323d e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Micron did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The company&rsquo;s exit from the mobile NAND market reflects how it has been grappling with fluctuations in the global memory chip market, while dealing with heightened tensions between the US and China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub>Micron starts lay-offs in China as US memory chipmaker exits mobile NAND market<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US chipmaker Micron Technology has started a new round of lay-offs that is expected to shed hundreds of jobs in mainland China, as part of the company&rsquo;s global retreat from the lacklustre mobile NAND memory market. Advertisement Micron &ndash; with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xian, capital of northwestern Shaanxi province &ndash; said &ldquo;continued weakness&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/micron-starts-lay-offs-in-china-as-us-memory-chipmaker-exits-mobile-nand-market\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Micron starts lay-offs in China as US memory chipmaker exits mobile NAND market&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}