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Micron Announces Volume Production of Ninth-Generation NAND Flash Technology

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Micron Technology, Inc., announced today that it is shipping ninth-generation (G9) TLC NAND in SSDs, making it the first in the industry to achieve this milestone. Micron G9 NAND features the industry's highest transfer speed of 3.6 GB/s, delivering unsurpassed bandwidth for reading and writing data. The new NAND enables best-in-class performance for artificial intelligence (AI) and other data-intensive use cases from personal devices and edge servers to enterprise and cloud data centers.

"The shipment of Micron G9 NAND is a testament to Micron's prowess in process technology and design innovations," said Scott DeBoer, executive vice president of Technology and Products at Micron. "Micron G9 NAND is up to 73% denser than competitive technologies in the market today, allowing for more compact and efficient storage solutions that benefit both consumers and businesses."




Leading-edge technology delivers unrivaled performance
Micron G9 NAND leverages the industry's fastest NAND I/O speed to meet the high-throughput needs of data-centric workloads, delivering 50% faster data transfer than any NAND currently shipping in an SSD. Micron G9 NAND also delivers up to 99% higher write bandwidth and 88% better read bandwidth per die than currently available competitive NAND solutions. These per-die benefits translate to performance and energy efficiency gains in SSDs and embedded NAND solutions.

Like its previous-generation NAND, Micron G9 NAND fits in a compact 11.5 mm x 13.5 mm package, using 28% less space than competing products, making it the smallest high-density NAND available. Higher density in a smaller footprint maximizes design options for a diverse set of use cases.

"For the third generation in a row, Micron has led the industry in introducing innovative, leading-edge NAND technology. Products integrating Micron G9 NAND will provide demonstrable performance benefits over competitive offerings," said Sumit Sadana, executive vice president and chief business officer at Micron. "Micron G9 NAND will serve as a foundation for storage innovations, delivering value for customers across all end markets."

Micron G9 NAND enables class-leading performance in the Micron 2650 SSD
The Micron 2650 NVMe SSD integrates the cutting-edge G9 TLC NAND to deliver a best-in-class user experience for everyday computing that surpasses competitors in PCMark 10 testing.

"Nearing theoretical saturation levels for PCIe Gen 4, the Micron 2650 SSD uses our new G9 NAND to push the boundaries of what a value TLC client SSD can achieve," said Prasad Alluri, Micron's vice president and general manager of Client Storage. "Delivering up to 38% higher PCMark 10 benchmark scores than competitive solutions, this drive is set to redefine the user experience for this class of SSD."

"AI advancements are increasing the data generated and driving the need for more storage, leading customers to require better performance to keep pace with AI," said Jeff Janukowicz, research vice president of IDC's Solid State Drives and Enabling Technologies. "SSDs like the Micron 2650, which benefit from the latest generation NAND innovations, will be essential to a broad range of users from businesses to individual consumers."

The Micron 2650 NVMe SSD offers class-leading reliability and features performance-enhancing accelerated caching for faster write performance, courtesy of its Dynamic SLC Cache. The Micron 2650 NVMe SSD provides real-world saturation performance for PCIe Gen 4, with up to 7,000 MB/s sequential read. When compared to the competition, it delivers best-in-class performance with up to 70% better sequential read, up to 103% better sequential write, up to 156% better random read, and up to 85% better random write. These impressive figures underscore Micron's commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology and delivering unparalleled performance to our customers.

Available in the Micron 2650 SSD for client OEMs, G9 NAND is also in qualification with customers in component form and in a consumer-based Crucial SSD. Visit Micron G9 NAND and Micron 2650 client SSD to learn more about them.



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How long before Crucial updates their P5 with new NAND
Considering they delayed the production of its G9 232-layer NAND, which obviously was just announced, who knows, but possibly later this year. Will it be the P5 Plus+ or the P6 though? Maybe P500 or T600?
 
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Heh, the marketing team couldn't help themselves from shoving "AI" into the press release :p

I mean yeah, it can be used for AI, and it almost certainly will be use for AI in some way - but by that measure, so will a power-supply or network cable. Does a PSU or network cable need to be AI-ready?
 
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Heh, the marketing team couldn't help themselves from shoving "AI" into the press release :p

I mean yeah, it can be used for AI, and it almost certainly will be use for AI in some way - but by that measure, so will a power-supply or network cable. Does a PSU or network cable need to be AI-ready?
Most people who develop and use AIs will do so sitting in chairs. Clearly chairs play an important role in AI and we've reached out to Herman Miller for comment.
 

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Heh, the marketing team couldn't help themselves from shoving "AI" into the press release :p

I mean yeah, it can be used for AI, and it almost certainly will be use for AI in some way - but by that measure, so will a power-supply or network cable. Does a PSU or network cable need to be AI-ready?
Now you've gone and done it... Did you have to open Pandora's box?

They need to improve those energy consumption figures as 6.1W is a lot for at most 5GB/s.
Most of that is the controller though.
 
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Now you've gone and done it... Did you have to open Pandora's box?


Most of that is the controller though.
Get ready for AI mouse pads and AI audiophile speaker wire.
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Heh, the marketing team couldn't help themselves from shoving "AI" into the press release :p

I mean yeah, it can be used for AI, and it almost certainly will be use for AI in some way - but by that measure, so will a power-supply or network cable. Does a PSU or network cable need to be AI-ready?
XD!

Most people who develop and use AIs will do so sitting in chairs. Clearly chairs play an important role in AI and we've reached out to Herman Miller for comment.
XD!

Get ready for AI mouse pads and AI audiophile speaker wire.
I think I can squeeze some oil out of these snakes....
XD!

Thanks guys for the good laugh, Bless You!



To Micron, keep up the good work! Would buy again!

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Two channels of 3600 MB/s (or MT/s) each for a 7000 MB/s SSD, is that what Micron is cooking up?
 

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It's quite weird that they're calling it 9th Gen since the B47R was their 5th Gen and their B58R were 6th Gen
 
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