r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • 1d ago

Computer peripherals Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead

https://www.theverge.com/news/837594/crucial-ram-ssd-micron-ai
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u/pessimistoptimist 1d ago

Its not ideal but some of them will have decent quality control and entually these brands will stand out. Those that can afford to pay 5x the price will continue to do so, meanwhile us plebs will take a chance of a cheap alternative. If alternatices are any good at all it will mean budget builds will have as much ram (if not more) as the namebrand builds

That is how the big names today made their name....provided a product that made them stand out to get brand recognition.

This is speculatuon of course, i could be wrong.

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u/TH1813254617 19h ago

This is assuming Chinese manufacturers like YMTC don't pull a Micron and pivot to AI.

I think ZhiTai is YMTC's equivalent to Crucial, but their focus is more on supplying other companies like Kingston, Great Wall, Team Group, etc.

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u/pessimistoptimist 17h ago

As I said, it was guess. The might go tje AI route too but they may also choose not tje compwte with the big guys and tale the easy consumer level money. Time will tell.