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How the AI Arms Race Became a $1.4 Trillion Transfer of Wealth to Korean Memory Manufacturers, and What It Reveals About the Biggest Bet in Technology History

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Feb 06, 2026
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In December 2025, Micron Technology quietly killed its Crucial brand. If you’ve ever built a PC, upgraded a laptop, or bought a stick of RAM from Amazon, you probably know Crucial. For twenty-nine years it was the consumer face of America’s largest memory chip manufacturer, the brand you trusted when you wanted to double your laptop’s memory for $40 or …

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