While devices with PCIe 5.0 have just begun to appear on the market en masse, Micron has already announced the creation of the industry's first solid-state drive with a PCIe 6.0 interface! < /p>
Micron Technology today announced that it is the first to develop SSD technology for data centers with PCIe Gen6 support for the ecosystem within the memory and storage product portfolio to support the broad demand for AI.
At the FMS event, Micron will demonstrate that it is the first to develop a solid-state drive with PCIe Gen6, once again proving its leadership in the field of data storage technology. By providing partners with this technology, which provides sequential read throughput of more than 26 GB/s, Micron is kicking off the PCIe Gen6 ecosystem. This achievement builds on Micron's recent announcement of the world's fastest SSD for data centers, the Micron 9550, and further strengthens Micron's leadership in AI-based storage.
No technical details yet , but the main thing is that we can see a speed benchmark for future PCIe 6.0 consumer SSDs. It is not a fact that they will reach 26 GB/s, because now we are still talking about a special drive for a data center, but it is quite possible. In comparison, the current generation of SSDs with PCIe 5.0 can offer up to 15 GB/s maximum.
It is not known when the first consumer devices with the new interface will appear. Perhaps only with the next generations of Intel and AMD processors in 2025.