Crucial Technology is a division of Micron, and came about when Micron responded to a growing demand for high-quality memory upgrades among end users who wanted the best possible performance from their systems. Micron launched Crucial Technology [ Crucial, USA • Crucial, UK ] in November 1996, and for the first time, end-users had the opportunity to buy memory directly from the manufacturer - the same memory modules bought by the world's major OEMs for original installation in their systems. Having a direct sales division focused on selling Micron's DRAM to the public was apparently an idea whose time had come, and eight successful years later, Crucial Technology had expanded their product line to include graphics cards, flash cards and readers, and USB flash drives. Today Crucial Technology has become the ultimate web destination for purchasing memory modules online. [ Crucial, USA • Crucial, UK ]

As the only consumer memory upgrade supplier that's part of a major DRAM manufacturer, Crucial Technology [ UK • USA ] sell high-quality memory that has been qualified and approved by all major original equipment manufacturers. Unlike other memory sellers, Crucial Technology tests 100 percent of the modules that go out their doors. That's important to customers who need quality-assured memory for mission-critical applications.

Crucial Memory carry over 110,000 upgrades for more than 20,000 desktops, notebooks, servers, printers, routers, and electronic devices on their Web site. [ Crucial, UK • Crucial, USA ]