Micron just launched the first PCIe 6.0 SSD — the Micron 9650 — capable of sustained reads up to 28GB per second and write speeds over 14GB per second. That’s not incremental. That’s architectural.

On paper, it doubles the throughput of PCIe 5.0. Random reads reach into the multi-million IOPS range. For AI data centers feeding GPUs massive training datasets, this isn’t a marketing bullet point. It’s reduced idle time, tighter latency, and better utilization of extremely expensive silicon.