A Winning Acquisition for the S&P 500's No. 2 in Tech

Micron closed up nearly 3% today, making it the second biggest tech mover in the S&P 500. The bump can be attributed to the hiring of Mike Rayfield, former head of NVIDIA's mobile unit, to head up Micron's own wireless division.

Rayfield is a great talent acquisition for Micron, which will benefit from his excellent sales history and success at NVIDIA. Competing against quality companies such as Qualcommand Texas Instrumentsis difficult to say the least, but under Rayfield, NVIDIA managed to steal quite a few wins from both tech giants.

Considering Rayfield will be able to leverage his experience in the industry to increase Micron's footprint, today's stock jump should come as no surprise.

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