We just lost a huge RAM and SSD manufacturer to AI — Micron is killing Crucial after nearly 30 years to support “larger, strategic customers”

It’s a sad day to be a PC gamer, builder, or enthusiast, with Micron — a huge producer of random-access memory (RAM), solid-state drives (SSDs), and other storage solutions — announcing the end of Crucial, its brand of RAM kits and SSDs made available to consumers.

Crucial Consumer Business has been a major player in the PC building market since it was established nearly 30 years ago in 1996, competing with the likes of Samsung, SK Hynix, Corsair, and Seagate, among others. Now, though, it’s being…