Micron and Astera demo first PCIe 6.0 SSD, delivering 27GBps sequential read speeds

Forward-looking: The AI world needs a lot of data, and that data needs to move much faster onto next-gen storage hardware. The PCI Special Interest Group is working on PCIe 6.0 and 7.0 standards to ease the pain with data throughput, though a few issues still need to be ironed out before general deployment. Last year, Micron teased its first PCIe 6 SSD, promising impressive bandwidth rates. More recently, the US memory manufacturer has partnered with switch maker Astera Labs to show the new drives in action. The two companies revealed what a proper PCIe 6 architecture can offer during a DesignCon 2025 showcase. It was the first public demonstration of end-to-end interoperability between a PCIe 6.x switch and a PCIe 6.x SSD. The DesignCon demo featured a Micron "Data Center" SSD connected to a Scorpio P-Series Fabric Switch developed by Astera. Together, the two new technologies surpassed a sequential read speed of 27GB/s. In 2024, Micron claimed its PCIe 6 drive would offer up to 26 ... Read full article.