Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), a leading semiconductor company, today announced the availability of the Micron 9550 NVMe™ SSD. This new solid-state drive (SSD) is set to redefine the standards for data center storage with its unparalleled performance and power efficiency, making it the world's fastest data center SSD.

The 9550 SSD is tailored for the demands of AI workloads, offering 14.0 GB/s in sequential reads and 10.0 GB/s in sequential writes, outperforming competitive SSDs by up to 67%. Its random read performance of 3,300 KIOPS and random write performance of 400 KIOPS are up to 35% and 33% better than similar products on the market.

Micron's 9550 SSD is particularly adept at handling AI use cases, such as large language models (LLMs) and graph neural networks (GNNs), which require high-speed sequential and random read/write capabilities. The SSD's performance advancements result in up to 33% faster workload completion times and up to 60% faster feature aggregation in GNN training with Big Accelerator Memory (BaM).

Alvaro Toledo, Vice President and General Manager of Micron’s Data Center Storage group, stated, "The Micron 9550 SSD is a giant leap forward, delivering 3.3 million IOPS while consuming up to 43% less power in AI workloads, setting a new benchmark for AI storage solutions."

The 9550 SSD's architecture is vertically integrated, utilizing Micron-developed technologies for flexible design and advanced security. It supports NVMe 2.0 and OCP 2.0, along with OCP 2.5 telemetry for enhanced performance and health monitoring. The SSD also emphasizes security with self-encrypting drive (SED) capabilities and compliance with the latest security protocols.

Available in capacities from 3.2TB to 30.72TB and in U.2, E1.S, and E3.S form factors, the 9550 SSD is designed to meet the rigorous requirements of top OEMs and hyperscalers. It is currently sampling globally and represents Micron’s commitment to advancing AI, high-performance computing, and other demanding workloads.