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I expect Lexar to be bought out by someone. Why would Micron want to kill the business outright? That doesn't make economic sense.

If Micron stops producing the type of flash memory used in SD cards and USB sticks entirely there is virtually nothing substantial left of Lexar. It seems this business was not profitable enough. Micron has plenty of higher margin products. Anyhow, they officially said: "Micron is exploring opportunities to sell all or part of the Lexar business."