Micron to exit consumer memory business amid global supply shortage (reuters.com)

Official post: https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-deta... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137783)

My wife works for a small distributor of memory (not modules, just the chips), and their manufacturers won't even provide prices or take backorders.

I understand why they did it in the current market, but Micron's exit is going to cause retail prices to go even higher.

I used pcpartsbuilder to spec out a machine I was thinking of building a few months ago, and the DRAM that was $109 for 32GB is now $399. It's crazy.

I think I will wait for AM7 at this rate... 32GB of not the fastest DDR4 should last long enough.

There are a decent number of players in the SSD business, but not many at the top trading blows for max performance and Best Buy’s. This will not be good for the consumer market. Seems like everything is consolidating.

what's the use of "AI" if no-one can afford computers or phones?

How the heck is this going to pan out? Memory prices are already crazy high and forecasts say there is going to be no respite till end of 2026. Are people just going to stop buying devices and computers? The downstream effects of this (in a scenario where every device needs memory) are bonkers.

Terrible news, I prefer to buy US made chips if I can and Micron was a decent vendor

I remember looking for Crucial DDR5 SODIMMS at Microcenter a month ago. There was barely any stock and only a few sticks left. I talked to the sales associate at the counter, and he let me known that RAM prices were increasing. As an aside, I was eyeing this ram for a month before getting it. Hearing what he said made me go for it.

Also, I feel bad for the aftermarket market. Crucial was always the best option for upgrades to OEM systems or laptops.

I was excited earlier this year to discover that Micron (Crucial) was manufacturing 64GB DDR5 "laptop memory" modules, allowing me to pick up a couple in early September to build an ASUS NUC VM server with 128GB of RAM. It was a little hard to get even then, but I found a vendor selling it at a reasonable price.

It worked out so well that I decided to get some more. Needless to say, it went from unavailable to being available for double the price. Now, I guess it won't be available at all in the future. :(