Micron shutting down the Crucial brand

Source: *www.theverge.com/news/837594/crucial-ram-ssd-micron-ai

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 “improve supply and support for our larger, strategic customers in faster-growing segments” — a.k.a. AI companies.

The brand’s shutdown is a huge blow for PC builders and hobbyists, who are already dealing with skyrocketing RAM prices linked to a surge in demand from AI companies. OpenAI, for example, struck a deal with SK Hynix and Samsung to make up to 900,000 DRAM per month for its Stargate project.

End of an era - crucial was one of the best brands

RAM price increased 4 times...when this will cool off?

Probably after the AI bubble pops, if it even will.

Nothing less than a AI bubble burst like WWW burst 2001 will stop this maddness. It will be brutal as the economy is also scaled up much higher now arguably

shreeux said:
RAM price increased 4 times...when this will cool off?

ssd also. i thought i will buy 850x after some price cut when it was around 8500 but now its priced around 25-26000

Desmond said:
Probably after the AI bubble pops, if it even will.

i just told my sister something similar about this price increase

Even HDD price increased. I got 10 TB NAS drive for 22k few months back. Now its 38k.

SSD supplies are sold out till end of 2026; even 2027 supplies will be bought within a month of two. The insane pricing will continue till end of 2027.

PC gaming is going to be only for rich folks for next few years. Let's see how this all turns out. I had plans to build another PC but after this big news I dont think its going to be a reasonable expenditure at this point.

if you have 64GB of RAM or 2TB SSD right now. that means you have a Golden asset.

it's time software companies to start to bring some memory optimization at last.

RAM prices are finally going down again as OpenAi failed to fulfull its commitment to consume 40% of global RAM supplies and cancelled $71 billion SKHynix promise:

*www.twitter.com/rdd147/status/2037956117620482417?s=20

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