Micron is regarded as a very technologically adept. The have a strong track record of delivering leading/performant dram without the manufacturing bells and whistles used by competitors. The CEO was one of the important engineers behind NAND flash back in the day
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This describes Intel perfectly circa 2010
Every tech giant that fell behind was once regarded as very technologically adept. DEC, Intel, SGI, many of them.