Subj : Everything you need to know about Microns game-changer 6550 ION S
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Date : Mon Dec 09 2024 20:00:05

Everything you need to know about Microns game-changer 6550 ION SSD

Date:
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:47:00 +0000

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The powerful SSD is designed specifically to contend with hefty AI workloads

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======================================================================Micron 
describes its new SSD as an industry "game-changer" Launch marks the first 
SSD boasting a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface The 6550 ION matches performance with 
energy efficiency 

 Micron recently unveiled the 6550 ION SSD, marking the launch of the 
industrys first 60TB storage device featuring a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface. 

In an announcement, the firm revealed the new SSD is catered specifically to 
handle bulky applications as well as AI training and inference workloads. 

Speaking at the time, Alvaro Toledo, vice president and general manager of 
Microns data center storage group, said the drive boasts extreme performance 
and capacity alongside industry-leading energy efficiency, calling it, "a 
game-changer for high-capacity storage solutions to address the insatiable 
capacity and power demands of AI workloads." 

Micron has been highly vocal about the capabilities of the new ION SSD, so 
heres everything you need to know about the 6550 ION SSD . Under the hood of 
the 6550 ION SSD 

As mentioned by Toledo, the new drive comes in an E3.S form-factor, meaning 
it offers best-inclass storage density and boasts 232 active layers. 
According to Micron, this significantly reduces rack storage requirements by 
up to 67%. 

The 6550 also provides users with read and write speeds of 12GB/s despite 
operating on just 20 watts of power. This, the company noted, makes it 20% 
more energy efficient than comparable drives currently available in the 
market. 

Micron said users do have the option to operate the drive at 25 watts, but 
this will only be utilized by a small portion of customers. 

Compared to competing 60TB drives, the company also highlighted a number of 
key advantages, including: 179% faster sequential reads and 179% higher read 
bandwidth per watt 80% improved random reads and 99% higher read IOPS per 
watt 150% faster sequential writes and 213% higher write bandwidth per watt 

With power efficiency a key talking point in the new SSD, the company 
revealed it also relies upon active state power management (ASPM), meaning 
the 6550 ION only consumes 4 watts in low-power modes. Micron added that the 
drive also offers 20% improved idle efficiency compared to others on the 
market. Performance built for AI workloads 

A key aspect of the 6550 ION is its ability to run AI workloads, according to 
Micron. 

The drive boasts a 147% higher performance for NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect 
Storage (GDS) compared to competing models while also offering 104% better 
energy efficiency in this regard. 

Similarly, with 30% higher efficiency in deep learning Unet3D testing and a 
151% improvement in completion times for AI model checkpointing, the SSD 
provides enterprises with a powerful piece of hardware tailor made for the AI 
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