Micron claims world’s fastest datacentre SSD

Micron claims to have the world’s fastest datacentre SSD – the 9550 NVM SSD – which delivers 14.0 GB/s sequential reads, 10.0 GB/s sequential writes, and random reads of 3,300 KIOPS.

The device supports a variety of AI workloads, including: GNN training with BaM, NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage, MLPerf and Llama LLM training fine tuning with Microsoft DeepSpeed.

The SSD has a vertically integrated architecture and the drive incorporates NVMe 2.0 and OCP 2.0 support and OCP 2.5 telemetry capabilities for advanced performance and health monitoring.

It has self-encrypting drive (SED) capabilities, compliance with Security Protocols and Data Models (SPDM 1.2), robust data encryption and other key security features.Options for FIPS 140-3 Level 2 and TAA compliance are also available for customers requiring higher security standards.

Available in capacities ranging from 3.2TB to 30.72TB and in U.2, E1.S and E3.S form factors, the 9550 SSD delivers a broad portfolio of offerings to enable performance, flexibility and scalability for today’s PCIe Gen5 server designs.