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Title: Micron Launches 9550 PCIe Gen5 SSDs: 14 GB/s with Massive Endurance

Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:10:00 EDT
Link: https://www.anandtech.com/show/21488/micron-l...

Micron has introduced its Micron 9550-series SSDs, which it claims are the
fastest enterprise drives in the industry. The Micron 9550 Pro and 9550 Max
SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface promise unbeatable performance amid
enhanced endurance and power efficiency, which will be particularly
beneficial for data centersMicron's 9550-series solid-state drives are based
on a proprietary NVMe 2.0b controller with a PCIe Gen5 x4 interface and 232-
layer 3D TLC NAND memory. The drives will be available in capacities ranging
from 3.2 TB to 30.72 TB with one or three drive writes per day endurance as
well as U.2, E1.S, and E3.S form factors to cater to the requirements of
different types of servers.

As far as performance is concerned, the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD boasts
impressive metrics, including up to sustainable 14.0 GB/s sequential read
speeds and 10.0 GB/s sequential write speeds, which is higher compared to the
peak performance offered by Samsung's PM1743 SSDs. For random operations, it
achieves 3,300 million IOPS in random reads and 0.9 million IOPS in random
writes, again surpassing competitor offerings.

Micron says that power efficiency is another standout feature of its Micron
9550 SSD: It consumes up to 81% less SSD energy per terabyte transferred with
NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage and up to 35% lower SSD power usage in
MLPerf benchmarks compared to rivals. Considering that we are dealing with a
claim by the manufacturer itself, the numbers should be taken with caution.

Micron 9550 NVMe Enterprise SSDs 9550 PRO 9550 MAX Form Factor U.2, E1.S, and
E3.S U.2, E1.S Interface PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe 2.0b Capacities 3.84 TB
7.68 TB
15.36 TB
30.72 TB 3.2 TB
6.4 TB
12.8 TB
25.6 TB NAND Micron 232L 3D TLC Sequential Read up to 14,000 MBps Sequential
Write up to 10,000 MBps Random Read (4 KB) up to 3.3M IOPS Random Write (4
KB) up to 900K IOPS Power Operating Read: up to 18W
Write: up to 16W Idle ? W ? W Write Endurance 1 DWPD 3 DWPD Warranty 5 year"

"The Micron 9550 SSD represents a giant leap forward for data center storage,
delivering a staggering 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's Data Center
Storage group. "This unparalleled performance, combined with exceptional
power efficiency, establishes a new benchmark for AI storage solutions and
demonstrates Micron's unwavering commitment to spearheading the AI
revolution."

Micron traditionally offers its high-end data center SSDs in different
flavors: the Micron 9550 Pro drives for read-intensive applications are set
to be available in 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15.36 TB, and 30.72 TB capacities with
one drive writes per day (DWPD) endurance rating, whereas the Micron 9550 Max
for mixed-use are set to be available in 3.2 TB, 6.4 TB, 12.8 TB, and 25.6 TB
capacities with three DWPD endurance rating. All drives comply with the OCP
2.0 r21 standards and OCP 2.5 telemetry. They also feature SPDM 1.2 and FIPS
140-3 security, secure execution environment, and self-encrypting drive
options.

Micron has not touched upon the pricing of the new drives as it depends on
volumes and other factors.

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