Micron Technology partnered with Microchip Technology. They demonstrated an enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) utilizing the next-generation PCIe 6.0 standard. The live demonstration took place at the Future of Memory and Storage Conference. It featured Micron's 9650 NVMe SSD. This SSD worked with Microchip's Switchtec Gen 6 switches.
This new technology boosts performance in AI and cloud data centers. It doubles data bandwidth compared to the previous PCIe 5.0 generation. The collaboration aims to alleviate data bottlenecks for demanding artificial intelligence workloads. It positions both companies to meet increasing data throughput requirements. These requirements are for AI training and large-scale databases.