c/fuck_ai · by ekZepp@lemmy.world · 246d

(I'm Allowed to Say Fuck AI, Now?) 3rd Largest RAM Company Micron Abandon Consumers For AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw9DsRRqWtA

https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/openais-stargate-project-to-consume-up-to-40-percent-of-global-dram-output-inks-deal-with-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-the-tune-of-up-to-900-000-wafers-per-month

https://www.trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20251126-12802.html#%3A%7E%3Atext=Home-%2CGlobal+DRAM+Revenue+Jumps+30.9%25+in+3Q25%2C+Micron%27s+Market+Share%2Ca+strong+30.9%25+QoQ+growth

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gasgiant@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 246d (4 replies)

Till all that AI money dries up.

Then they'll be back.

Hey remember us, remember what good memory we made. Please buy some.

Thom@discuss.online · 2 pts · 244d

They will be the ones asking for a bail out from the US government

shalafi@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 246d (2 replies)

They're probably not selling enough consumer RAM to be worth it any longer. Saying they're pivoting to AI sales is pure C-suite talk to keep investors not only docile, but excited.

People just aren't building and upgrading PCs much anymore, present company excluded.

tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 245d

There is no way the Crucial brand was not profitable.

They aren't leaving an unprofitable brand, rather they are killing a profitable brand in order to pump its resources into an even more profitable b2b segment.

That's why people are annoyed. Micron didn't have to leave the market at all, but they are doing, because they are greedy.

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 6 pts · 245d

Of course I'm not gonna build a PC when RAMs more expensive than the GPU

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 246d (4 replies)