Micron Technology announced 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.”
Micron G9 NAND offers industry-leading NAND I/O speed, delivering 50% faster data transfer than any other NAND SSD. It also provides up to 99% higher write bandwidth and 88% better read bandwidth per die than competitive NAND solutions, leading to improved performance and energy efficiency gains in SSDs and embedded NAND solutions.
Micron G9 NAND is a compact 11.5mm x 13.5mm package and offers higher density in a smaller footprint, maximizing design options for various 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.”
Jeff Janukowicz, research vice president of IDC’s Solid State Drives and Enabling Technologies, said “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.”
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.
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