A boom of investment in artificial intelligence has led to an unforeseen problem: a shortage of the world's memory chip ...

Memory chip costs are up as AI companies gobble up the hot commodity. Consumer electronics companies like Dell and HP are raising prices.

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 ...

Micron Technology is exiting its consumer memory-chip business and putting all its bets on artificial intelligence. That’s not why the stock is down. Micron stock ended 3.2% lower on Thursday, at $226 ...

Micron confirmed in December 2025 that it will exit the Crucial consumer business, which covers retail RAM, SSDs, and memory cards sold through distributors and online channels. Shipments will ...

Micron has shifted its focus from consumer DRAM to providing memory to AI data centers, leaving SK Hynix and Samsung as main consumer DRAM manufacturers. Micron says it still supplies LPDDR5 to PC ...

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 ...

Big names in the memory industry - Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology have been pressed into action to produce HBM for AI. The reallocation of manufacturing resources has resulted in ...

A global supply squeeze driven by AI servers is raising costs for phones, PCs and TVs, while some brands consider Chinese ...

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 ...

The unrelenting demand from AI data centers has led to a dramatic surge in memory chip prices, taking a toll on the sales and margins of leading consumer electronics makers. With global AI capex ...

Well this certainly isn’t going to help bring down the skyrocketing prices of RAM & SSDs. Micron has announced it’s shutting down its Crucial brand of memory & storage products for consumers in order ...