Micron finally launches its 3d xpoint ssd, the fastest in the world

Micron today announced its X100 SSD, which is considered the world's fastest SSD with 9GB / s sequential performance in both read, write, and mixed workloads, with up to 2.5 million random IOPS..

Micron finally launches its 3D XPoint SSD

The new device, using PCIe 3.0 x16, is considered by Micron to offer an impressive 8 microseconds latency, which is faster than the 10 microseconds latency of Intel's Optane SSDs. The SSD is also noticeably faster in sequential and random performance than any of Intel's Optane devices.

Intel and Micron jointly developed the revolutionary 3D XPoint storage medium, which combines "DRAM-like" performance with much lower price point and persistence (data remains on the storage device after power is turned off). Following the initial announcement in 2015, Intel went on to develop a wide range of 3D XPoint technology devices, under the Optane brand, including both storage and memory devices.

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Micron X100 has the following outstanding features

• High Performance Storage - Delivers up to 2.5 million I / O operations, more than three times faster than current competitive SSD offerings. The Industry's Highest Bandwidth: It has over 9GB / s of bandwidth in read, write, and mixed modes and is up to three times faster than today's competitive NAND offerings. Ultra Low Latency - Provides consistent read and write latency that is 11 times better than NAND SSDs. Application Acceleration: Enables two to four times improvements in the end user experience for various applications with prevailing data center workloads. High Performance on Small Storage - Eliminates the need to over-provision storage for performance. Ease of adoption - Because the Micron X100 SSD uses the standard NVMe interface, no software changes are required to receive all the benefits of the product.

Unfortunately, Micron's X100 series is targeting the data center for now, which means we won't see an equivalent for the desktop market anytime soon. We will keep you informed.

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