Crucial Technology Offers 15% Discount Coupon With Every Compaq Presario Computer.

MERIDIAN, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1999--

Crucial Technology, a division of Micron, and the only factory-direct memory upgrade supplier, today announced that customers who purchase any Compaq Presario desktop will receive a 15 percent discount off their next memory upgrade purchase. The pre-packaged discount coupon offered by Crucial Technology is valid through June 1, 2000, and is available to consumers who purchase their Presario direct from Compaq or through a retail outlet.

"This is a good value for Compaq customers," says Scott Schoenherr, Crucial's General Manager. "Not only are they receiving a discount, but they will also have the opportunity to purchase the same high-quality memory that came with their original system."

"This special offer allows Compaq Presario owners to add even more computing power to their PCs for better performance on the Internet, in graphic laden applications and other memory intensive programs," said Mark Vena, Director of Presario Desktops, Compaq Computer Corporation. "Coupled with other outstanding new technologies on today's Presario PCs, the addition of Crucial's memory will provide Presario owners with an even better computing experience."

Just last month, Crucial Technology and Compaq Computer Corporation joined forces to offer Compaq customers an additional 32MB of RAM on the Presario 5034, bringing the total amount of memory provided in each system to 64MB. According to Compaq's test results, adding the additional 32MB RAM boosted overall performance by as much as 51 percent(1).

For information about purchasing a Compaq Presario desktop, visit Compaq's Web site at http://www.Compaq.com or call 1-800-888-0220. To reach Crucial Technology, visit its award-winning Web site at http://www.crucial.com or call 1-800-336-8896.

Crucial Technology is a division of Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial Technology sells memory upgrade modules factory direct from Micron Technology, Inc. and offers over 30,000 upgrades for more than 6,500 desktops, notebooks, servers and printers.

Micron Technology, Inc., and its subsidiaries manufacture and market DRAMs, SRAMs, Flash, other semiconductor components, memory modules, graphics accelerators, and personal computer systems. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol MU.

(1) Memory performance is based on the Winstone benchmark testing system and a Presario 5304 configured with standard retail configurations -- M II(TM) 366 MMX(TM) enhanced processor; 100MHz system bus; 64MB 100MHz SyncDRAM, 4.3GB UltraDMA hard drive.