Micron Ships First Mass-Produced PCIe 6.0 SSDs at 28GB/s
Micron's new PCIe 6.0 drives double the read speeds of PCIe 5.0, targeting AI and data center workloads.
Micron just became the first company to mass-produce PCIe 6.0 SSDs. The drives hit sequential read speeds of up to 28GB/s — exactly double what current PCIe 5.0 SSDs deliver.
The new storage is built squarely for AI and data center deployments, where bandwidth bottlenecks can throttle expensive GPU clusters. These drives push so much data that Micron says they fully benefit from liquid cooling, though air cooling remains an option for less demanding setups.
That 28GB/s figure is no incremental bump. It represents a generational leap in storage throughput that could reshape how data centers architect their storage tiers. For AI training and inference workloads that constantly shuttle massive datasets, faster NVMe storage means less time waiting on I/O.
Micron is first to market here. Expect competitors to follow quickly.