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CRUCIAL TECHNOLOGY ENTERS EUROPEAN GRAPHICS CARD MARKET

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CRUCIAL TECHNOLOGY ENTERS EUROPEAN GRAPHICS
CARD MARKET

Leading memory upgrade provider offers two Crucial(R) Radeon(TM) graphics card
solutions on its European Web site





Glasgow, UK, 1 October 2002 - Crucial Technology, a division of Micron and one
of the world's largest direct memory upgrade

providers, announced today the immediate availability of the Crucial(R)
Radeon(TM) 9700 Pro graphics card and the Crucial(R)

Radeon(TM) 8500LE graphics card on its European Web site. Previously available
only through Crucial’s US-based Web site,

Crucial.com, the high-quality, performance-boosting graphics cards are now
available through Crucial.com/uk, giving customers in

Europe the benefit of local customer support, lower-cost shipping and faster
shipping options.



"Our customers on this side of the Atlantic have been telling us they’re anxious
to improve their system graphics with Crucial’s new graphic cards," said
Crucial’s European Marketing Manager Roddy McLean. "Now we can offer two quality
solutions for two different

needs; the Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro is one of the fastest cards available for
high-end users, and the Crucial Radeon 8500LE is an

affordable option for consumers looking to boost the performance of an older
system."



The Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro graphics card is powered by ATi(R) technology and
features 128MB of 2.86 nanosecond (350MHZ) double

data rate (DDR) synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), 256-bit memory interface, 325MHz core
clock speed, dual-display capability, DVI-I output,

six-foot S-video and RCA cables, a DVI to CRT converter, an S-video to RCA
converter, DirectX® 9 support, and AGP 8X support. This

high-end graphics card delivers extreme speed and cinematic-quality 3D graphics
for advanced games and sophisticated CAD and graphic

design. It is currently priced at 237.59 British pounds.



The Crucial Radeon 8500LE graphics card is powered by ATi(R) technology and
features 128MB of 6 nanosecond (166 MHZ) DDR SDRAM,

400-MHz RAMDAC, DVI-out, dual-display capability, and a six-foot S-video cable,
allowing the graphics card to connect to a S-video- compatible television
display. This graphics card is a high-quality and economical solution for
mainstream computer users who want to

improve the performance and extend the life of existing computer systems. It is
currently priced at 71.09 British pounds.



Both Crucial graphics cards are available on Crucial’s European site,
www.crucial.com/uk and come with a limited lifetime warranty and

Crucial’s renowned customer service and technical support.



Crucial Technology sells high-quality RAM upgrades, flash memory, and graphics
cards on its European Web site at http://www.crucial.com/uk.

Crucial offers over 94,000 upgrades for more than 15,000 desktops, notebooks,
servers, routers, printers, and electronic devices.



Micron Technology, Inc., and its subsidiaries manufacture and market DRAMs, very
fast SRAMs, Flash memory, CMOS imagers, other semiconductor components and
memory modules. Micron’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) under the MU symbol. To learn more

about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its web site at www.micron.com