Industry-Leading 245TB Micron 6600 Ion Data Center SSD Now Shipping
neilfrndes
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May 06, 2026
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esperent
Access Denied You don't have permission to access " http://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-detai... " on this server. High security on this press release.
nine_k
The u.2 form factor is slightly larger than a 2.5" drive. I can imagine the entire space in it taken by Flash chips. I can't imagine what cooling scheme do they employ for the chips in the middle.
cammikebrown
How much is it?
omeysalvi
Can someone who knows explain what is the benefit of having all that data in one ssd instead of splitting it up into hundreds of individual drives? Does the single ssd benefit is more performance or does it really tuen out to be cheaper than hundreds of individual drives?