Micron announced the launch of the new Micron 9550 NVMe SSD for data center use, boasting the world's highest access speed and providing higher workload performance and energy efficiency in artificial intelligence computing.
The Micron 9550 NVMe SSD integrates Micron's proprietary controller, NAND, DRAM, and firmware design to deliver best-in-class performance, energy efficiency, and security tailored to data center operational needs.
In terms of performance, the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD has a sequential read rate of up to 14GB per second and a sequential write rate of up to 10GB per second, a 67% improvement over competing products. The random read performance is 3300 KIOPS, an increase of approximately 35% over competing products, and the random write performance is 400 KIOPS, a 33% increase over competing products.
Through its sequential and random read and write speed performance, Micron emphasizes that the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD is suitable for artificial intelligence workload requirements, including large-scale natural language model operations or graph neural network (GNN) workloads, and can reduce the time required to complete the work by 33%. When using the BaM (Big Accelerator Memory) architecture to train graph neural networks, the function integration rate can be increased by 60%. When used with NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage artificial intelligence workflow storage management solution, the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD can also increase data throughput by 34%.
Other operational characteristics of the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD are as follows:
• Image neural network training using the BaM architecture: Average SSD power consumption is reduced by 43%, and overall system power consumption can be reduced by 29%
• NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage for artificial intelligence workflow storage management: 1% reduction in SSD power consumption per TB transferred
• MLPerf: SSD energy consumption reduced by up to 35%, system energy requirements reduced by up to 13%
• Llama large-scale natural language model training with Microsoft DeepSpeed: SSD power consumption reduced by 21%
The Micron 9550 NVMe SSD utilizes a vertically integrated architecture, offering flexible design options and advanced security features. Compatible with NVMe 2.0, OCP 2.0, and OCP 2.5 advanced performance and product health monitoring capabilities, it helps simplify the deployment and management of large-scale data centers.
The Micron 9550 NVMe SSD is also designed with end-to-end data security in mind, featuring a self-encrypting drive (SED) function, compliance with the Security Protocol and Data Model (SPDM 1.2), full data encryption, and other key security features. It can also adopt FIPS 140-3 Level 2 or TAA advanced security standards as required.
Currently, the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD offers capacities ranging from 3.2TB to 30.72TB, and specifications can be selected from U.2, E1.S, or E3.S packaging to meet the diverse PCIe Gen5 server design requirements.
