After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers
8 days ago
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- Micron Technology will exit the consumer RAM business in 2026, ending 29 years under the Crucial brand.
- The decision is driven by high demand from AI data centers, leading Micron to focus on strategic customers.
- Crucial products will continue shipping until February 2026, with warranties honored for existing products.
- Micron will retain its enterprise product line and redeploy affected employees internally.
- Crucial was launched in 1996, offering RAM and storage upgrades, later expanding to SSDs and flash memory.
- Memory prices have surged recently, with a 32GB DDR5 RAM kit rising from $82 to $310 since August.