Micron discontinues 2GB GDDR7 chips for gaming GPUs because it pivots towards higher-density reminiscence for AI — chipmaker reportedly pivots to high-margin 3GB silicon for AI GPUs

Micron is reportedly pulling the plug on its 2 GB (16Gb) GDDR7 reminiscence chips, ending manufacturing and gross sales of each the 28 Gbps and 32 Gbps variants. According to an X post by UNIKO’s Hardware, the chips — a few of which shipped on some GeForce RTX 50 graphics playing cards — are actually designated as “End of Life” on Micron’s web site. Tom’s Hardware can verify that the pages for module norms return “No results found.”

Micron simply started supplying its 2GB GDDR7 to Nvidia earlier this 12 months, with Samsung and SK Hynix being the principle GDDR7 suppliers. As a end result, Micron’s 2GB module solely shipped on just a few Nvidia fashions, comparable to retail variants of the GeForce RTX 5060. Samsung and SK Hynix cowl the huge bulk of two GB GDDR7 modules for the usual RTX 50 retail lineup, so the danger of speedy shortages is minimal. Micron’s uncompetitive place within the 2 GB phase additionally seems to have made a quick exit logical to liberate fabrication capability.

The firm is reportedly shifting its focus towards higher-density 3 GB (24 Gb) GDDR7 chips. These larger packages are considered impractical for Nvidia’s RTX 50 lineup because they are more expensive and result in less conventional consumer memory capacities. However, they yield higher profit margins and are actively utilized in Nvidia’s high-end RTX PRO Blackwell GPUs tailored for generative and agentic AI workloads.

Micron’s decision follows the ongoing trend of memory suppliers prioritizing AI-facing technologies over their consumer and retail counterparts. The company exited its Crucial consumer memory and SSD business earlier, explicitly saying that surging AI data-center demand had prompted it to prioritize larger strategic customers in faster-growing segments.

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