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'''{{Wplink|Micron_Technology|Micron Technology, Inc}}''', also known as '''Micron''', is an American technology company that designs and sells computer components such as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), flash memory and solid state disks (SSDs). It was founded in 1978 in Boise, Idaho, by Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson and Doug Pitman.

'''{{Wplink|Micron_Technology|Micron Technology, Inc}}''', also known simply as '''Micron''', is an American technology company that designs and sells computer components such as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), flash memory and solid state disks (SSDs). It was founded in 1978 in Boise, Idaho, by Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson and Doug Pitman. [[Crucial]], their consumer-targeted brand, was pretty known for their products amongst PC gamers.

==Consumer-impact summary==

Micron's decision to end the consumer-targeted business had caused majorly negative impact, in where several consumers had critiqued this decision. The 2025 DRAM shortage has increased the prices of these components, and the withdrawal of Crucial contributes to worsen this shortage. This also reduces the available alternatives of computer components for the consumers.

==Incidents==

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===~~Ditch of Crucial RAM for consumers~~ ('' December 2025'')===

===Exit from consumer global business (''December 2025'')===}

On December 3, Micron announced that they will no longer be producing Crucial components for consumers, to focus exclusively in the AI and data centers market. They also announced they will continue their consumer product shipments until the end of fiscal Q2 occurs (February 2026).

<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Dec 2025 |title=Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business |url=https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/F7ORF |archive-date=4 Dec 2025 |access-date=26 Jan 2026}}</ref>

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-'''{{Wplink|Micron_Technology|Micron Technology, Inc}}''', also known as '''Micron''', is an American technology company that designs and sells computer components such as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), flash memory and solid state disks (SSDs). It was founded in 1978 in Boise, Idaho, by Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson and Doug Pitman.
+'''{{Wplink|Micron_Technology|Micron Technology, Inc}}''', also known simply as '''Micron''', is an American technology company that designs and sells computer components such as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), flash memory and solid state disks (SSDs). It was founded in 1978 in Boise, Idaho, by Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson and Doug Pitman. [[Crucial]], their consumer-targeted brand, was pretty known for their  products amongst PC gamers.
 ==Consumer-impact summary==
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+Micron's decision to end the consumer-targeted business had caused majorly negative impact, in where several consumers had critiqued this decision. The 2025 DRAM shortage has increased the prices of these components, and the withdrawal of Crucial contributes to worsen this shortage. This also reduces the available alternatives of computer components for the consumers.
 ==Incidents==
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 This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
-===Ditch of Crucial RAM for consumers ('' December 2025'')===
+===Exit from consumer global business (''December 2025'')===}
+On December 3, Micron announced that they will no longer be producing Crucial components for consumers, to focus exclusively in the AI and data centers market. They also announced they will continue their consumer product shipments until the end of fiscal Q2 occurs (February 2026).
+<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Dec 2025 |title=Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business |url=https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/F7ORF |archive-date=4 Dec 2025 |access-date=26 Jan 2026}}</ref>
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 Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
 ===Example incident two (''date'')===