The Micron Trip had its ups and downs. To start the trip, we were given a powerpoint presentation. The presentation was well prepared and quite informative. I learned just how big the company Micron is. Micron is a leading computer chip manufacturer in the world, with branches across North America, Europe, and Asia. The main competitor that Micron has is IBM. Although IBM is a household name and a much larger company, Micron manages to stay competitive with IBM from year to year.
During the trip I was given the impression that the type of engineers needed at Micron were mainly electrical, chemical, and mechanical engineers. I am majoring in computer engineering, and I am not sure Micron would be a place that I would persue a future in internships or employment for this reason. Although Micron may not be the place for me, the Manassas Micron site was a very nice facility. The Manassas site actually has a fabrication lab that manufactures the products that Micron makes. In the fabrication lab they have over-head robots that moves the wafers from machine to machine. The use of the over-head robot system did not come into play until the recent years when the switch to bigger wafers was made.
Overall I enjoyed the trip to Micron. I learned many technical aspects to the computer chip industry from Micron. I enjoyed seeing the multi-million dollar machines in action actually creating the computer chips. I also enjoyed seeing that a smaller company could grow to compete with well-known companies like IBM and Apple.
