Micron has officially announced its data center storage portfolio with a trio of new SSD SKUs that are built on its G9 NAND technology for next-level performance, density, and efficiency for AI workloads.
The flagship Micron 9650 is the industry’s first PCIe Gen6 SSD with high-throughput and low-latency during AI training and inference in mind, that is capable of 28 GB/s sequential reads and up to 5.5 million IOPS for random reads. Its energy efficiency is also better than Gen 5-based solutions.
For hyperscale deployments, the Micron 6600 ION delivers breakthrough density with up to 245TB per drive and the best space efficiency for building AI data lakes. Its 122TB E3.S model fits 2.4PB into a 1U server while consuming far less power than HDDs for an all-rounded and balanced deployment of speed, capacity, and green computing.
Meanwhile, the Micron 7600 PCIe Gen5 SSD offers predictable low-latency performance for mixed workloads, with sub-1ms RocksDB response times and significant gains in write performance over rival SSDs. This makes it a strong choice for AI inference and other latency-sensitive applications.
All three drives benefit from Micron’s vertical integration, which combines in-house controllers, NAND, and firmware with advanced security features and OCP support.
Availability
Samples of the 9650 and 7600 are already shipping, while the 122TB 6600 ION will arrive later this year, and its 245TB variant is slated for the first half of 2026.
