The end of an era as Micron’s Crucial exit signals a major shift toward AI memory

For consumers, especially PC builders, gamers or small-business users, the announcement raises concerns about supply, price and long-term support for memory and storage products. 

Micron says it intends to work closely with distributors, retailers and consumers through the transition, and to continue offering warranty service and support for Crucial products even after retail availability ends.

Although Crucial contributes only a small fraction of Micron’s overall business today, the decision marks the end of nearly 30 years of offering budget-friendly consumer storage and memory solutions, a move likely to reshape the consumer-grade PC hardware market.

For distributors and retailers, it underscores a broader realignment of inventory and supply-chain expectations as memory supply becomes more constrained and focused on enterprise orders. 

We’ve reached out to both Micron Singapore and a local distributor to find out more about how support and its warranties will work locally, and will update this article when we receive more information.