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Crucial 2026 official visit would be a perfect fit for Illinois basketball

Illinois basketball has an official visit taking place, and the recruit would be a perfect fit for what Brad Underwood wants ...
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Crucial is a casualty of AI's hunger for RAM

Micron Technology is winding down its consumer-facing Crucial brand to focus on providing RAM and other components to the AI industry, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company plans to continue ...
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A crucial player in affordable consumer RAM is calling it quits

Micron, the company behind the Crucial brand of RAM and SSDs, has announced that it will be shutting down the Crucial brand for consumers. The news comes as RAM and SSDs across the industry are seeing ...
Ars Technica

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

On Wednesday, Micron Technology announced it will exit the consumer RAM business in 2026, ending 29 years of selling RAM and SSDs to PC builders and enthusiasts under the Crucial brand. The company ...
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 ...
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Crucial could have been the brand to help consumers with RAM and storage costs, not make them worse

This week, Micron announced that it was shuttering the Crucial brand to focus all of its efforts on AI manufacturing. If you've not been keeping up to speed, DRAM and NAND tech are in such high demand ...