Micron releases industry-leading client SSD to help PC industry meet application needs for gaming, content creation and scientific computing

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December 11, 2023

Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) recently announced that the 3500 NVMe™ solid-state drive (SSD) based on Micron's 232-layer NAND technology is now shipping to customers for commercial applications. Further breakthroughs in performance are achieved with demanding workloads from applications, scientific computing, new games and content creation. Micron 3500 SSD adopts M.2 form factor and has a capacity of up to 2TB , providing a user experience that is superior to competing ^products1 . It performed outstandingly in the SPECwpcsm test and can improve product development and application performance by up to 71% ² .

Prasad Alluri, vice president and general manager of Micron's Client Storage Group, said:

“ Micron is committed to providing end users with excellent products that meet their demanding requirements. Micron 3500 SSD performed exceptionally well in the scientific computing benchmark test, increasing the score by 132% ² , providing powerful support for users’ personal computers or workstations, helping users to be more efficient. Get insights quickly and unleash your creativity.”

Storage performance is becoming increasingly important for gaming, content creation, and emerging AI experiences on the client. As game quality and file sizes continue to improve, their loading times also become longer. Client-side AI applications require faster data access speeds to improve user experience. Micron 3500 SSD easily meets these challenges:

● When Micron 3500 SSD loads the largest new game "Dauntless Contract", the speed is increased by up to 38%, bringing players a smoother gaming experience. ³

● Micron 3500 SSD also supports DirectStorage function, which can further shorten the loading time of adapted games.

● Content creators can use Micron 3500 SSD to load and edit native 4K and 8K video faster, accelerating the time to publish their works.

● The ⁴ Micron 3500 SSD performed well on the PCMark ^10® performance benchmark :

o Bandwidth increased by up to 36%

o Data access speed increased by up to 38%

o Overall results improved by up to 37% compared to competing products

Clark Peng, vice president of notebook products at MSI, said:

“As immersive technology evolves, high-performance storage devices play an increasingly important role in open-world gaming and high-end laptops such as MSI’s gaming series. Micron 3500 SSD delivers this performance with its industry-leading NAND technology Advantages, can easily cope with many upcoming games.”

Pablo Temprano, founder of ClearView Memory Research, said:

" The Micron 3500 SSD is a high-performance product that adapts to advanced software, helping the software to transfer data directly to the GPU. This will not only improve the user experience, but will also significantly change the first generation of PCs equipped with AI functions. With the development of client AI , we expect high-end PC shipments and average storage capacity to see strong growth."

Micron 3500 SSD is now shipping to select PC OEMs and builds on the award-winning Crucial X9 Pro and Crucial X10 Pro portable SSDs, providing content creators with a richer range of SSD product options.

¹ High-performance client SSDs (excluding host products) provided by the top four client OEM SSD competing vendors as of November 2023 in terms of revenue, see Forward Insights analyst report "Third Quarter SSD Supply Business Situation Report》

^2Based on SPECwpc℠ benchmark score comparison with major competitors (see footnote 1 for details). This test is an internal Micron test. For more information about the SPECwpc benchmark, see SPECwpc V2.0 Workstation Benchmark https://www.spec.org/gwpg/wpc.static/wpcv2info.html

^3Based on Micron’s internal test load time comparison using Riot Games’ “Dauntless Contract” and Activision’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” with competing SSDs (see footnote 1 for details)

^{4Based
on PCMark}^10® internal comparison testing with competing SSDs (see footnote 1 for details). For more information about the PCMark 10 benchmark, see https://benchmarks.ul.com/pcmark10