Micron Introduces the World's Fastest Data Center SSD
Micron Introduces the World's Fastest Data Center SSD
Innovative Micron 9550 PCIe Gen5 SSD delivers unrivaled workload performance for AI and beyond
創新的美光 9550 PCIe Gen5 固態硬盤爲 AI 及其他領域提供無與倫比的工作負載性能
BOISE, Idaho, July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced availability of the Micron 9550 NVMe™ SSD – the world’s fastest data center SSD and industry leader in AI workload performance and power efficiency.1 The Micron 9550 SSD showcases Micron’s deep expertise and innovation by integrating its own controller, NAND, DRAM and firmware into one world-class product. This integrated solution enables class-leading performance, power efficiency and security features for data center operators.
愛達荷州博伊西，2024年7月23日（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）——美光科技公司（納斯達克股票代碼：MU）今天宣佈上市 美光 9550 NVMe™ 固態硬盤 — 世界上最快的數據中心固態硬盤，也是人工智能工作負載性能和能效領域的行業領導者。1 美光 9550 固態硬盤通過將自己的控制器、NAND、DRAM 和固件集成到一款世界一流的產品中，展示了美光的深厚專業知識和創新。這種集成解決方案爲數據中心運營商提供了一流的性能、能效和安全功能。
The Micron 9550 SSD delivers best-in-class performance with 14.0 GB/s sequential reads and 10.0 GB/s sequential writes to provide up to 67% better performance over similar competitive SSDs1 and enables industry-leading performance for demanding workloads such as AI. In addition, its random reads of 3,300 KIOPS are up to 35% better and random writes of 400 KIOPS are up to 33% better than competitive offerings.1
美光 9550 固態硬盤以 14.0 GB/s 的順序讀取和 10.0 GB/s 的順序寫入提供一流的性能，與同類競爭對手固態硬盤相比，性能提高多達 67% 1，併爲人工智能等要求苛刻的工作負載提供業界領先的性能。此外，與競爭產品相比，其 3,300 KIOPS 的隨機讀取最多可提高 35%，400 KIOPS 的隨機寫入最多可提高 33%。1
AI workloads require high-performance storage solutions. The sequential and random read and write speeds of the 9550 SSD unlock performance for AI use cases. For example, large language models (LLMs) require high sequential reads, while graph neural networks (GNNs) need high random read performance. The Micron 9550 SSD outperforms competitive offerings in critical AI workloads, with up to 33% faster workload completion times and up to 60% faster feature aggregation in GNN training with Big Accelerator Memory (BaM).2 The Micron 9550 SSD also provides up to 34% higher throughput for NVIDIA Magnum IO™ GPUDirect® Storage.3
AI 工作負載需要高性能存儲解決方案。9550 固態硬盤的順序和隨機讀寫速度可解鎖 AI 用例的性能。例如，大型語言模型 (LLM) 需要較高的順序讀取，而圖神經網絡 (GNN) 需要很高的隨機讀取性能。美光 9550 固態硬盤在關鍵 AI 工作負載中的表現優於競爭產品，使用大加速器內存 (BaM)，工作負載完成時間最多可縮短 33%，功能聚合速度最多可提高 60%。2 美光 9550 固態硬盤還可爲 NVIDIA Magnum IO™ GPUDirect® 存儲提供高達 34% 的吞吐量。3
“The Micron 9550 SSD represents a giant leap forward for data center storage, delivering a staggering 3.3 million IOPS while consuming up to 43% less power than comparable SSDs in AI workloads such as GNN and LLM training,” said Alvaro Toledo, vice president and general manager of Micron’s Data Center Storage group. “This unparalleled performance, combined with exceptional power efficiency, establishes a new benchmark for AI storage solutions and demonstrates Micron’s unwavering commitment to spearheading the AI revolution.”
美光數據中心存儲事業部副總裁兼總經理阿爾瓦羅·托萊多表示：“美光9550固態硬盤代表着數據中心存儲領域的巨大飛躍，它提供了驚人的330萬 IOPS，同時在人工智能工作負載（例如GNN和llM訓練）中消耗的功耗比同類固態硬盤低43％。”“這種無與倫比的性能，加上卓越的能效，爲人工智能存儲解決方案樹立了新的基準，並表明了美光對引領人工智能革命的堅定承諾。”
“Enhancing data center efficiency and performance for AI workloads is pivotal to reducing costs and ensuring reliable operations for enterprises everywhere,” said Rob Davis, vice president of Storage Technology at NVIDIA. “With the integration of NVIDIA technologies, the Micron 9550 SSD can provide powerful storage for AI.”
NVIDIA存儲技術副總裁羅布·戴維斯表示：“提高人工智能工作負載的數據中心效率和性能對於降低成本和確保世界各地企業的可靠運營至關重要。“通過整合英偉達技術，美光9550固態硬盤可以爲人工智能提供強大的存儲。”
“Innovation in storage technologies is a critical aspect of powering latency sensitive workloads such as AI and business critical enterprise applications,” said Raghu Nambiar, corporate vice president, Data Center Ecosystems and Solutions at AMD. “Our deep collaboration with Micron, and partners across the ecosystem, will ensure the full capabilities of the new 9550 SSDs are enabled on AMD EPYC-based servers.”
AMD 數據中心生態系統和解決方案公司副總裁 Raghu Nambiar 表示：“存儲技術的創新是推動人工智能和關鍵業務企業應用程序等延遲敏感型工作負載的關鍵方面。”“我們與美光以及整個生態系統的合作伙伴的深入合作將確保在基於AMD EPYC的服務器上啓用新款9550固態硬盤的全部功能。”
“Intel is pleased to see Micron enter the PCIe Gen5 market with the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD. This PCIe Gen5 SSD aligns well with Intel’s PCIe Gen5 CPU platforms, specifically Intel’s 4th Gen Xeon®, 5th Gen Xeon®, and Intel® Xeon® 6 processors,” said Debendra Das Sharma, Senior Fellow and Chief I/O Architect at Intel. “Micron is a valued ecosystem partner to Intel, with a long history of providing well-integrated PCIe solutions with Intel-based platforms, including supporting solutions with Intel’s Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC), as well as AI workloads powered by Intel Gaudi AI accelerators.”
“英特爾很高興看到美光憑藉美光9550 NVMe固態硬盤進入PCIe Gen5市場。這款PCIe Gen5固態硬盤與英特爾的PCIe Gen5 CPU平台非常吻合，特別是英特爾的第四代至強®、第五代至強® 和英特爾® 至強® 6處理器。” 英特爾高級研究員兼首席I/O架構師德本德拉·達斯·夏爾馬說。“美光是英特爾重要的生態系統合作伙伴，在基於英特爾的平台提供高度集成的PCIe解決方案方面有着悠久的歷史，包括支持英特爾虛擬RAID on CPU（英特爾® VROC）的解決方案，以及由英特爾高迪人工智能加速器提供支持的人工智能工作負載。”
The Micron 9550 SSD excels in delivering industry-leading power efficiency to support a variety of AI workloads, including:3
美光 9550 固態硬盤在提供業界領先的能效以支持各種 AI 工作負載方面表現出色，包括：3
GNN training with BaM: Up to 43% lower SSD average power and up to 29% reduction in overall system energy usage
NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage: Up to 81% less SSD energy per 1TB transferred
MLPerf: Up to 35% less SSD energy and up to 13% less system energy used
Llama LLM training fine tuning with Microsoft DeepSpeed: Up to 21% less SSD energy used
使用 baM 進行 GNN 訓練：固態硬盤平均功耗最多可降低 43%，整體系統能耗最多減少 29%
NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect 存儲：每傳輸 1Tb 固態硬盤能耗最多可減少 81%
mlPerf：固態硬盤能耗最多減少 35%，系統能耗最多減少 13%
Llama llM 使用 Microsoft DeepSpeed 進行微調訓練：消耗的固態硬盤能耗最多可減少 21%
The 9550 SSD features a vertically integrated architecture using Micron-developed technologies, providing flexible design choices and advanced security capabilities. The drive incorporates NVMe 2.0 and OCP 2.0 support, along with OCP 2.5 telemetry capabilities for advanced performance and health monitoring, all of which simplify data center deployment and management at large scale. The 9550 SSD is engineered with a focus on end-to-end security, featuring self-encrypting drive (SED) capabilities, compliance with Security Protocols and Data Models (SPDM 1.2), robust data encryption and other key security features. Options for FIPS 140-3 Level 2 and TAA compliance are also available for customers requiring higher security standards.
9550 固態硬盤採用採用美光開發技術的垂直集成架構，提供靈活的設計選擇和高級安全功能。該驅動器支持NVMe 2.0和OCP 2.0，以及用於高級性能和運行狀況監控的OCP 2.5遙測功能，所有這些都簡化了大規模數據中心的部署和管理。9550 固態硬盤的設計重點是端到端安全，具有自加密驅動器 (SED) 功能、符合安全協議和數據模型 (sPdM 1.2)、強大的數據加密和其他關鍵安全功能。對於需要更高安全標準的客戶，還提供 FIPS 140-3 2 級和 TAA 合規性選項。
Available in capacities ranging from 3.2TB to 30.72TB and in U.2, E1.S and E3.S form factors, the 9550 SSD delivers a broad portfolio of offerings to enable performance, flexibility and scalability for today’s PCIe Gen5 server designs. Designed to meet the demanding requirements of top OEMs and hyperscalers, the 9550 SSD is sampling globally and is part of Micron’s industry-leading data center memory and storage product portfolio that meets the growing demands of AI, HPC and many other workloads.
9550 固態硬盤的容量從 3.2Tb 到 30.72Tb 不等，採用 U.2、E1.S 和 E3.S 外形規格，提供廣泛的產品組合，爲當今的 PCIe Gen5 服務器設計提供性能、靈活性和可擴展性。9550 固態硬盤專爲滿足頂級 OEM 和超大規模企業的苛刻要求而設計，正在全球試用，是美光行業領先產品的一部分 數據中心內存和存儲產品組合 可滿足人工智能、高性能計算和許多其他工作負載不斷增長的需求。