Crucial will stop selling PC memory to consumers… because of AI

This would normally be a tech board post, but its an example of how AI has become this Locust-like force eating up resources.

If you don't know about Crucial.com, they're been THE go-to source for upgrading memory in your PC or laptop for decades. Cheap, reliable, with a guarantee of the right type of memory for you. But now AI vendors need all the Random Access Memory they can get their hands on, and it has drastically curtailed supply to end users while tripling (or more) retail prices. And now the demand is so severe that Crucial is abandoning end users to commit completely as an AI vendor.

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“The AI-driven growth in the data center has led to a surge in demand for memory and storage,” Sumit Sadana, EVP and chief business officer at Micron Technology, said in a statement. “Micron has made the difficult decision to exit the Crucial consumer business in order to improve supply and support for our larger, strategic customers in faster-growing segments.”

The surprise announcement from Micron follows a period of rapidly escalating memory prices, as we reported in November. A typical 32GB DDR5 RAM kit that cost around $82 in August now sells for about $310, and higher-capacity kits have seen even steeper increases.

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This is going to make every single “smart” device tremendously more expensive. Its going to affect everyone and everything.

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