The Micron 3500 NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD is now shipping to select PC OEMs, complementing Micron’s broader SSD product portfolio for creators, which includes the award-winning Crucial X9 Pro and Crucial X10 Pro portable SSDs, Micron has announced.
According to a press release that Micron shared, the 3500 is the world’s very first performance client SSD with 200+ layer NAND, aimed at PC applications that include gaming, content creation, and scientific computing, with sequential read/write speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s:
…the Micron 3500 NVMe SSD…leverages its 232-layer NAND to power demanding workloads for business applications, scientific computing, cutting-edge gaming and content creation, pushing the limits of what is possible. The Micron 3500 SSD, available in the M.2 form factor and with capacities up to 2TB, provides a superior user experience over the competition as proven by its best-in-class SPECwpc performance, including an up to 71% improvement for product development applications.
And here are some of the other performance claims that Micron has published for the 3500, including what appears to be substantially faster loading in Riot Games’ F2P hero shooter:
- Gamers can level up their playing experience as the Micron 3500 SSD loads the biggest, newest games like Valorant up to 38% faster.
- The Micron 3500 SSD also supports DirectStorage, a feature that further accelerates load times in supported games.
- Content creators who work with native 4K and 8K video and want to speed their time to go live can load and edit files faster with the Micron 3500 SSD.
- According to the PCMark 10 benchmark suite, the Micron 3500 SSD provides:
- Up to 36% higher bandwidth
- Up to 38% faster access
- Up to 37% better overall results than competitive SSDs
“As immersive technologies evolve, fast storage plays a crucial role in open-world games and cutting-edge notebooks like our Gaming Series,” said Clark Peng, vice president of the Notebook Product Division at MSI. “The Micron 3500 SSD enables this performance edge with leading NAND support to maintain that advantage in upcoming game releases.”
“The Micron 3500 SSD is a high-performance drive supporting cutting-edge software that enables direct data transfer to the GPU. This improves the user experience and will radically transform early-generation, AI-ready PCs,” said Pablo Temprano, founder at ClearView Memory Research. “As client AI evolves, we foresee a robust increase in units and average storage capacity for high-end PCs.”
A product flyer for the Micron 3500 NVMe SSD can be found here, while a specs sheet can be found here.
Meet the world’s first performance client SSD with 200+ layer NAND – the Micron 3500! Made for the most demanding client applications in business, science, gaming, content creation and more! Prepare to be impressed: https://t.co/Cn0yrn5xmD pic.twitter.com/fpeSDImXBI
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