However, Phison just leapfrogged it with a model that offers double the capacity and superior write speeds.
Solidigm also just announced an SSD with similar storage space, but it only supports PCIe 4.0.
Solidigm and Phison almost simultaneously revealed upcoming data center PCIe SSDs with capacities exceeding 120TB on Thursday.
The announcements come mere hours after Micron’s 60TB PCIe Gen 5 SSDestablisheda new precedent.
Despite surrendering the lead in size and read speed, Micron’s SSD maintains some advantages.
For instance, it writes at 5GB/s versus Phison’s 3.2GB/s.
Filling the 6550 ION only takes around three and a half hours.
The difference seems small but might add up when using racks full of drives.
The two companies advertise their new SSDs as tools to conserve physical space and lower energy consumption.
AI data centers are also an emerging target market.
