Micron® 3500 NVMe SSD: Micron launches the world's first 200+ layer NAND solid-state drive

Date2024-01-15

MICRON 3500 NVMe SSD

 

Product Highlights

  1. PCIe Gen 4x4 performance product.
  2. The world's first high-performance client NVMe SSD with over 200 layers of NAND.
  3. Designed to thrive in data-intensive applications such as product development, engineering modeling, science, medical, media, energy, and more. It also delivers exceptional storage performance for PCs, surpassing competitors in gaming and content creation.
  4. Enhances storage performance while saving battery life.
  5. Intel Athena capable.

 

Key Features

  1. 6th generation 3D 232-layer TLC NAND.
  2. SLC & TLC caching architecture (with DRAM).
  3. NVMe 2.0.
  4. Host-Controlled Thermal Management (HCTM).
  5. Supports TCG Opal 2.01+ and Pyrite 2.01.
  6. Power loss signal support.
  7. Basic Management Command (BMC).
  8. Firmware boot without reset.

 

Key Benefits

  1. Boosts productivity for various professional and scientific applications. Speeds up life sciences, medical, and scientific applications by 132%; media and entertainment, 3D modeling, and graphic arts by 74%; and product development applications by 71%.
  2. Provides critical advantages through improved gaming performance and user experience (game load times improved by 38%). Compared to competitor SSDs, the Micron 3500 SSD reduces access times by 38% and increases bandwidth by 36%.
  3. Designed with efficiency at its core, the Micron 3500 SSD supports Project Athena, delivering over 9 hours of battery life even when used with high-definition displays.
  4. Compared to the previous generation NAND, Micron's 200+ layer NAND offers a 100% increase in write bandwidth and a 75% increase in read bandwidth.




Image source: Taken from the official Micron website, table content organized by the author.

Reference:

Micron official website; Source: https://tw.micron.com/products/ssd/product-lines/3500

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