This new lineup is the first to roll out Micron’s fresh G9 NAND node, specifically tuned for AI data centre action. Dubbed the 9650, 6600 ION, and 7600 SSDs, these drives are crafted to tackle the sluggishness that haunts large-scale AI computing.

Sadly, you’re not going to slap any of these into your gaming rig, unless you’ve recently won the lottery, but there’s some pretty clever wizardry going on. Each drive boasts major power efficiency gains over previous models, which is handy since AI tends to be an energy-hungry monster.

The 9650 SSD is the flashiest of the lot, being a PCIe Gen6 drive delivering a 28GB/s read and 14GB/s write speeds. It’s pitched for enterprise-level tasks like training large language models, presumably so they can hallucinate faster and more efficiently. Micron claims it’s the fastest of its kind and has trimmed the fat on power use.

Then there’s the Micron 6600 ION SSD, which scales up to a brain-melting 245TB in a single drive. Even the 122TB version apparently fits in your palm, which is unnerving. These are designed for AI infrastructure, ploughing through mountains of data and helping companies build massive data lakes.

The 7600 SSD rounds things out with a PCIe Gen5 interface. It’s the middle child here, offering solid speeds, low latency, and better power efficiency than older drives. It’s not meant to win benchmark trophies, but it’s reliable and fast enough to keep AI tasks moving.

While these SSDs are aimed at data centres, AI is slowly worming its way into gaming too.