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Micron Retires Crucial Brand: Are Budget SSDs and RAM About to Disappear?

Micron has announced the retirement of its Crucial brand, thus bringing to an end one of the most popular lineups of budget SSDs and RAM kits. As officially confirmed on Wednesday, the company is ...
Tech Xplore

AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips—even though they don't use the same kinds

The boom in data center construction is taking up much of the supply of high-tech components, especially processor and memory ...
TweakTown

Micron announces its exit from Crucial consumer SSD and RAM business, pushes all-in for AI

TL;DR: Micron is exiting its Crucial consumer SSD and RAM business by mid-2026 to focus entirely on AI-driven memory and storage solutions amid a global DRAM shortage. This shift will intensify ...
Forbes

As AI Eats Up The World’s Chips, Memory Prices Take The Hit

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
Insider Monkey

Micron Exits Crucial Consumer Memory Business to Focus on High-Growth AI Data Center Chips Amid Supply Shortage

Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) is one of the most profitable tech stocks to buy. On December 3, Micron Technology announced that it will exit its consumer memory business, including the sale of ...
Digi Times

Micron exits consumer market with Crucial phase-out amid shift to AI-driven memory demand

Micron announced it will phase out its Crucial brand's consumer memory and SSD products by February 2026, marking its exit from the nearly 30-year-old consumer market. This move reflects the ...
Idaho Statesman

Micron to halt consumer sales, focus on more profitable AI-driven growth instead

Micron is making a major change to its business model. The Boise memory-chip manufacturer says it plans to exit its consumer business and focus instead on selling more products to large companies to ...
Nasdaq

Crucial Broadens Memory and Storage Portfolio to Deliver Powerful Performance Gains for Consumers

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Consumer Electronics Show — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced expansions across its Crucial consumer memory and storage portfolio, ...
Marketplace

AI race squeezes global memory supply

The demand for memory chips has skyrocketed with the rapid growth of AI infrastructure. The shortage poses a major challenge ...
PC World

Micron says it’s ‘helping’ consumers — by not selling RAM to consumers

Micron is shutting down its 30-year-old Crucial brand and ending direct consumer RAM sales to focus on the booming AI industry instead. PCWorld reports that consumer RAM prices have tripled or ...
Yahoo Finance

Semiconductor industry revenue to hit $1.3 trillion in 2026 as memory crunch hits consumers

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