Micron has announced the availability of what it claims to be the world's fastest data center SSD.
Available in capacities from 3.2TB to 30.72TB and in U.2, E1.S and E3.S form factors, the Micron 9550 is designed to deliver superior performance and power efficiency, making it especially suited for AI workloads.
By integrating Micron’s controller, NAND, DRAM and firmware, the Micron 9550 SSD supports PCIe Gen5 server designs and delivers 14.0GB/s sequential reads and 10.0GB/s sequential writes, outperforming similar SSDs from Kioxia and Samsung by up to 67%, based on Micron’s own testing.
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The Micron 9550 SSD achieves 3300 KIOPS in random reads and 400 KIOPS in random writes, with improvements of up to 35% and 33% respectively. This makes it ideal for demanding AI applications, including large language models and graph neural networks.
The Micron 9550 SSD reportedly achieves up to 81% lower SSD power consumption per 1TB transferred with Nvidia Magnum IO GPUDirect storage. It also reduces SSD power consumption by up to 35% in MLPerf benchmark tests and up to 21% in Llama LLM training fine-tuning with Microsoft DeepSpeed.
Currently available worldwide, the SSD 9550’s vertically integrated architecture offers advanced security features including self-encrypting drive capabilities and SPDM 1.2 compliance.
“The Micron 9550 SSD represents a breakthrough for data center storage, delivering an astonishing 3.3 million IOPS while consuming up to 43% less power than comparable SSDs in AI workloads such as GNN and LLM training,” said Alvaro Toledo, vice president and general manager of Micron’s data center storage group. “This unmatched performance, combined with exceptional power efficiency, sets a new benchmark for AI storage solutions and demonstrates Micron’s unwavering commitment to leading the AI revolution.”
