Micron has started shipping its new 245TB SSD which is now the world’s largest solid state drive you can buy. This fast drive is designed for big data centers AI systems cloud storage and enterprise use and it packs huge storage into a small space in E3.L and U.2 sizes. Compared to old hard drives this SSD needs up to 82% less rack space and uses about half the power with a maximum of just 30 watts while reading data at up to 13.7 GB per second so it works great for heavy jobs like AI data storage. Official pricing has not been announced yet as it is an enterprise product.

“38x slowdown once shuffle data exceeds available DRAM and spills to SSD.” From a joint Micron/Meta white paper. The DRAM bottleneck almost certainly lasts the longest. OP from @jukan05

SanDisk has announced a new series of officially licensed SSDs designed for the PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro consoles. The top-end 8TB model is listed at $2959.99, a 20% discount from its $3699.99 MSRP. This price is roughly three times the cost of a current PS5 Pro console. The Optimus GX PRO 850P lineup comes in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB capacities, Current pricing after launch discounts is $379.99 for the 1TB model, $759.99 for 2TB, $1,499.99 for 4TB, and $2,959.99 for the 8TB model.

SanDisk is set to launch its new 320 and 520 SATA SSDs, giving consumers more affordable storage options at a time when SSD prices remain high. The new drives will be available in capacities of up to 4TB and use the widely supported 2.5-inch SATA form factor. Although SATA SSDs are slower than modern NVMe drives, they still offer excellent performance for everyday tasks

NVIDIA is reportedly working on a feature that could let future GeForce GPUs use an SSD as extra VRAM. When a graphics card runs out of VRAM, it could use data stored on a fast NVMe SSD instead. Your SSD won’t be as fast as real VRAM, but it could help when a game or AI app needs more memory than your graphics card has. That could mean fewer stutters and better performance in some situations. The feature is reportedly based on RTX IO and Microsoft’s DirectStorage technology.