Building artificial intelligence tools requires a lot of graphic processing units, and those GPUs need huge amounts of ultra-fast memory to feed them data. Micron Technology is one of a handful of memory chip makers that have been selling a whole lot of memory, thanks to the AI boom.

Plus, cloud company Oracle's data center debt is coming under scrutiny. And Merriam-Webster names the word of the year for 2025: slop.

But first, back to Micron, which for decades has been selling memory chips for all kinds of consumer electronics and recently shifted focus toward the AI market. It's a strategy that seems to be paying off, according to its latest earnings report this week.

Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Anita Ramaswamy, columnist at The Information, to learn more about this week’s Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review.

More on everything we talked about

The Memory-Chip Rally Lifting Micron Isn’t Done - from The Information

Micron stops selling memory to consumers as demand spikes from AI chips - from CNBC

Oracle’s $10bn Michigan data centre in limbo after Blue Owl funding talks stall - from The Financial Times

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’ - from The Associated Press