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Cambridge, Mass., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-- A long-term, strategic, enterprise-level technology collaboration aims to

further increase production efficiencies and reduce costs for Micron and its

suppliers

Today, Athinia(TM) announced that Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), a

global leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, plans to use the

Athinia(TM) data analytics platform to create a pioneering data collaboration

ecosystem that will help lead a continued journey of digital transformation

with Micron’s critical suppliers. Athinia(TM)'s state-of-the-art AI-driven

quality control methodology will be able to further improve process and device

yield, reduce costs and accelerate time to value generation using select data

and insights from Micron's supply chain. Athinia(TM)  ( https://athinia.com/ ),

launched in December 2021, is a partnership between Merck (DAX:MKGAF) and

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR).

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"The secure architecture provided by Athinia(TM) will allow Micron and its

suppliers to share a single source of real-time data without compromising data

ownership, governance, privacy and security," said Laura Matz, CEO of

Athinia(TM) and Chief Science and Technology Officer of Merck. "Through data

sharing and collaboration, the platform leverages machine learning-driven

analytics to solve critical challenges."

Using Athinia(TM)'s ( https://athinia.com/ ) platform, Micron's suppliers will

be able to share their process and manufacturing data as well as key

parameters, offering secure collaboration on a much larger population of

critical data analytics. Micron and its suppliers can expect to see

improvements in yields, shortened qualification times and enhanced quality.

"Our selection of Athinia(TM) will enable Micron to build on our established

industry leadership in technology and quality through improved data analytics

across our supply chain partners," said Manish Bhatia, Executive Vice President

of Global Operations at Micron. "As leading-edge technologies become more

challenging, solutions like Athinia(TM) provide the kind of multi-party

collaboration and data insights that make new leading generations of memory

possible."

"Micron is leading the industry in adopting the Athinia(TM) platform for its

new ecosystem. Through data collaboration, Athinia(TM) can help to achieve key

objectives for the semiconductor industry such as the improvement of material

quality and sustainability, supply chain resilience as well as the acceleration

of innovation cycles," said Kai Beckmann, Member of the Executive Board of

Merck and CEO Electronics. "Ultimately, data analytics and collaboration will

allow a wide range of benefits to the entire semiconductor industry."

"The production and delivery of semiconductors is absolutely vital to our

collective welfare and security," said Alexander C. Karp, co-founder and chief

executive officer of Palantir Technologies Inc. "We are committed to ensuring

that Micron and Athinia(TM) have the software they need to address the supply

chain challenges involved in the distribution of one of the world’s most

essential and important products."

About Athinia Technologies LLC

Data for Pioneers. Athinia(TM) provides a data analytics platform that brings

manufacturers and materials suppliers together to share, aggregate, and analyze

data to unlock efficiencies and time to market, while improving quality, supply

chain and sustainability. All this without taking ownership of data.

Athinia(TM) is a partnership between Merck (DAX:MKGAF), and Palantir

Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR). Athinia is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Athinia operates independently from the Electronics business of Merck. More

information can be found at www.athinia.com,

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/athinia/ ) and Twitter

(https://twitter.com/data4pioneers/ ).

About Merck

Merck, a leading science and technology company, operates across healthcare,

life science and electronics. Around 60,000 employees work to make a positive

difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and

sustainable ways to live. From advancing gene editing technologies and

discovering unique ways to treat the most challenging diseases to enabling the

intelligence of devices – the company is everywhere. In 2021, Merck, generated

sales of euro 19.7 billion in 66 countries.

Scientific exploration and responsible entrepreneurship have been key to

Merck’s technological and scientific advances. This is how Merck has thrived

since its founding in 1668. The founding family remains the majority owner of

the publicly listed company. Merck holds the global rights to the Merck name

and brand. The only exceptions are the United States and Canada, where the

business sectors of Merck operate as MilliporeSigma in life science, EMD Serono

in healthcare, and EMD Electronics in electronics.

About Palantir Technologies Inc.

Foundational software of tomorrow. Delivered today. Additional information is

available at https://www.palantir.com.

For more information please contact nuria.aranda-bosch@athinia.com

SOURCE  Athinia