Micron

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Micron

Basic information
Founded	1978-10
Legal Structure	Public
Industry	Semiconductors, Computer hardware
Also known as
Official website	https://www.micron.com/

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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• User freedom
• User privacy
• Business model
• Market control

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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.

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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 Micron category. ===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).

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