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Crucial History

See how we’ve developed our expertise through the years.

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Timeline


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A new frontier for Crucial SSDs

2018 - The Crucial P1 SSD, the first Crucial NVMe™ PCIe® drive, reached sequential read speeds of 2,000 MB/s. That’s 20 times faster than the very first Crucial SSD!





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World, meet ddr4

2013 - Crucial introduced some of the industry’s first DDR4 memory technology, which eclipsed the speed of DDR3 while using less voltage.



Micron announces the creation of Crucial Technology

Micron announces the creation of Crucial Technology

1996 - In September, Crucial was founded on the belief that everyday consumers can, and should, have the ability to improve their computers through do-it-yourself memory upgrades. Greeted enthusiastically, Crucial provided the first-ever opportunity for end users to buy memory direct from a major manufacturer.