Micron Shipping 3500 NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 2280 Up to 2TB SSD with 232-Layer 3D TLC NAND Flash

Micron Technology, Inc. is shipping the 3500 NVMe SSD, which leverages its 232-layer NAND to power demanding workloads for business applications, scientific computing, gaming and content creation.

The product, available in the M.2 form factor and with capacities up to 2TB, provides a superior user experience over the competition ⁽¹⁾ as proven by its SPECwpc^sm performance, including an up to 71% improvement for product development applications. ⁽²⁾

“At Micron, we are focused on delivering exceptional products that best meet the rigorous needs of end-users,” said Prasad Alluri, VP and GM, client storage. “With impressive specs like a remarkable 132% improvement in scientific computing benchmark scores, ⁽²⁾ the 3500 SSD will turn your next PC or workstation into a powerhouse to enable insights and empower creativity.”

Storage has never been more critical to gaming, content creation and emerging client AI experiences. Games have become more graphics-rich and increased in size, which leads to longer load times. Client AI applications require rapid data access to enhance the user experience.

3500 SSD tackles these challenges:

Gamers can level up their playing experience as the 3500 SSD loads the biggest, newest games like Valorant up to 38% faster. ⁽³⁾
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 SSD.
According to the PCMark 10 benchmark suite, ⁽⁴⁾ it 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, VP, notebook product division, 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, ClearView Memory Research. “As client AI evolves, we foresee a robust increase in units and average storage capacity for high-end PCs.”

The Micron 3500 SSD is shipping to select PC OEMs and complements the company’s broader SSD product portfolio for creators, which includes the Crucial X9 Pro and Crucial X10 Pro portable SSDs.

⁽¹⁾ Among client performance SSDs from the top 4 competitive suppliers of client OEM SSDs by revenue as of November 2023, excluding consoles, as noted in Forward Insights analyst report, SSD Supplier Status Quarterly Q3
⁽²⁾ Based on SPECwpc benchmark scores versus top competition as per footnote 1. Tested in Micron’s internal testing. For details on the SPECwpc benchmark, see SPECwpc V2.0 workstation benchmark
⁽³⁾ Based on internal Micron testing with Valorant (published by Riot Games) and Call of Duty Modern Warfare (published by Activision) load times vs. competitive SSDs as detailed in footnote 1
⁽⁴⁾ Based on internal PCMark 10 testing vs. competitive SSDs as detailed in footnote 1. For details on PCMark 10 benchmark.