Crucial Technology Reduces Retail Prices Up to 30% On PC133, PC100 and 66MHz SDRAM Memory Upgrades.MERIDIAN, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1999-- Crucial Technology, a division of Micron (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MU) and the only factory-direct memory upgrade supplier, today announced price reductions up to 30% on its entire line of PC133, PC100 and 66MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. memory upgrades. Price reductions are available for 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, and 256MB modules for over 3,500 top-brand computers and workstations. Customers can save immediately by visiting Crucial's award-winning Web site at http:\\www.crucial.com or by calling direct at 1-877-CRUCIAL. As a division of one of the most efficient manufacturers of memory products in the world, Crucial is passing its factory-direct savings directly on to the customer. Upgrading the memory of a PC or workstation can dramatically increase the overall performance for today's more demanding applications, in some cases over 60%. Today's price reductions combine leading-edge performance with competitive pricing. "Crucial is once again committed to delivering the highest quality memory upgrades at the most competitive prices," says Scott Schoenherr, Crucial's General Manager. "Customers can take advantage of an additional 5% savings over today's price reductions by ordering directly through our award-winning Web site. Corporations, government entities and resellers can receive up to 15% additional savings by joining our online purchase program." Just a week after being the first factory-direct manufacturer to announce availability of PC133 SDRAM, Crucial will continue to sell PC133 SDRAM upgrades at the same price as today's new PC100 pricing. This provides customers with up to 33% better performance for the same competitive price! Crucial Technology is a division of Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Micron Technology Micron Technology ("Micron") NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, and CMOS image sensing chips. , Inc. Crucial Technology sells memory upgrade modules factory direct from Micron Technology, Inc., and guarantees 100% compatibility on 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, personal computer systems, and radio frequency identification See RFID. (RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ) products. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE) under the symbol MU. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its Web site at www.micron.com. |
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