Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead

Emma Roth / theverge - Micron is retiring the Crucial brand, marking the end of its line of budget-friendly solid-state drives (SSDs) and RAM kits, as reported earlier by VideoCardz. In an announcement on Wednesday, Micron says winding down its consumer-focused business will “i…

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Consumer Impact Legacy

After Nearly 30 Years, Crucial Will Stop Selling RAM To Consumers

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Your next PC upgrade may soon get tougher and pricier after this Crucial news

3 months / digitaltrends

Micron to stop selling consumer RAM after 30 years.

3 months / reddit / /u/Komm

After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers

3 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Micron to exit 'Crucial' consumer memory business

3 months / reuters / reuters.com


Strategic AI Focus

Micron ditches consumer memory brand Crucial to chase AI riches

3 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

Crucial brand to disappear as Micron shifts focus to AI data center memory

3 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Micron is killing Crucial SSD and DRAM.

3 months / reddit / /u/Revolutionary_Pain56

Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead

3 months / reddit / /u/theverge

Micron stops selling memory to consumers as demand spikes from AI chips

3 months / cnbc

Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead

3 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Crucial is a casualty of AI's hunger for RAM

3 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Micron is killing Crucial SSDs and memory in AI pivot — company refocuses on HBM and enterprise customers

3 months / tomshardware

Memory chipmaker Micron will exit its consumer business, as it doubles down on advanced memory chips used in artificial intelligence data centers amid a global supply shortage of the essential semiconductors

3 months / reddit / /u/sr_local

Micron to Exit Crucial Consumer Business, Ending Retail SSD and DRAM Sales

3 months / techpowerup


All Other Stories

Micron cierra la marca Crucial de memoria RAm y discos SSD para consumo porque prefiere vender memoria y discos a las empresas de IA y centros de datos. A los consumidores que nos den por saco. Todo en orden, ojalá la burbuja explote y se tengan que comer

3 months / bsky / @argyle13.bsky.social / argyle13.bsky.social

This sucks for us diy PC folks. Crucial was THE place to go for laptop memory and budget friendly SSDs. Booo!

3 months / bsky / @danisaacs.bsky.social / danisaacs.bsky.social

the whole PC enthusiast / desktop architecture (discrete GPU, sticks of RAM) is probably not too long for the world www.theverge.com/news/837594/...

3 months / bsky / @bergmayer.net / bergmayer.net

Oh FFS! >:( www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

3 months / bsky / @skipai.bsky.social / skipai.bsky.social

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