Micron has announced its first NVMe SSDs utilizing the PCIe interface during Computex, currently held in Taiwan. The SSDs will be sold by the Crucial brand, even more specific as 'Ballistix by Crucial'.
Crucial is the brand name Micron uses for its consumer SSDs and the NVMe SSDs will also receive the Ballistix sub-brand. Ballistix is also used for Crucial's memory products and should especially appeal to gamers.
One of the new Ballistix by Crucial SSDs should be the TX3 which is currently listed on the Crucial website and will become available in sizes of 250GB, 500GB and 1TB. The website doesn't reveal much, but The SSD Review reveals the drive consists of a SMI 2260 NVMe controller and Micron 3D MLC NAND flash memory. The SSD Review reports it has seen 2400 MB/s reads and 777 MB/s writes.
Micron also sent out a press release announcing its 1100 SATA and 2100 PCIe NVMe SSDs. The Micron 1100 SSD contains stackable 32-tier 3D NAND that allows up to 2TB of storage in a 2.5-inch form factor and 1TB in an M.2. The company specifies maximum sequential read speeds of 530 MB/s and maximum sequential write speeds of 500MB/s. It will be available in capacities of 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and 2TB. The latter is only available in the 2.5" form factor. The Micron 1100 will use a Marvell 88SS1074 controller.
There isn't much information on the Micron 2100 3D NAND PCIe SSD. This could be the TX3 SSD sold by the Ballistix by Crucial brand, we will know this summer, as this is when more information is released according to the website.
