CHANDLER, A iz., Aug. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mic ochip Tech ology
At the 2026 Futu e of Memo y a d Sto age (FMS) Co fe e ce, the demo st atio featu es a Mic ochip Switchtec Ge 6 PCIe fa out switch acti g as a high‑ba dwidth, low‑late cy i te co ect betwee host p ocesso s a d multiple Mic o 9650 SSDs e abli g the d ives to ope ate at the full pote tial of Ge 6 speed. The a chitectu e suppo ts composable a d disagg egated system desig s, allowi g data ce te a chitects to scale sto age esou ces efficie tly while mai tai i g p edictable pe fo ma ce.
“Adva ci g data ce te pe fo ma ce is ot solved by a y si gle compo e t a d ou wo k with Mic o highlights the impo ta ce of taki g a cohesive app oach,” said B ia McCa so , co po ate vice p eside t a d GM of Mic ochip’s data ce te solutio s busi ess u it. “We’ e b i gi g togethe compleme ta y st e gths i switchi g a d sto age to demo st ate how a well‑alig ed ecosystem ca e able scalable, high‑ba dwidth a chitectu es fo ext‑ge e atio AI a d cloud platfo ms.”
As AI models g ow i size a d complexity, data ce te s must move i c easi gly la ge volumes of data ac oss compute, memo y a d sto age esou ces. PCIe 6.0 helps add ess this challe ge by doubli g PCIe 5.0 ba dwidth to 64 GT/s (giga t a sfe s pe seco d) pe la e, delive i g the sustai ed th oughput equi ed fo dema di g AI wo kloads.
“AI i f ast uctu e is e te i g a ew e a i which sto age pe fo ma ce a d ecosystem i te ope ability must adva ce i lockstep,” said La y Ha t, se io di ecto of solutio s ma keti g fo Mic o ’s Co e Data Ce te Busi ess U it. “Togethe , the Mic o 9650 SSD, the i dust y’s fi st mass-p oduced PCIe Ge 6 SSD, a d Mic ochip’s Switchtec PCIe Ge 6 switchi g tech ology demo st ate how a scalable sto age a chitectu e ca help data ce te s achieve highe th oughput, lowe late cy a d mo e efficie t data moveme t fo ext-ge e atio AI, HPC a d cloud wo kloads.”
Mic ochip’s Switchtec Ge 6 PCIe switches a e built o 3 m p ocess tech ology a d suppo t high la e cou ts, adva ced e o co tai me t, comp ehe sive diag ostics a d multicast fu ctio ality that e ables efficie t o e-to-ma y data dist ibutio ac oss devices withi a PCIe domai . The switches e able high-speed co ectivity betwee CPUs, GPUs, SoCs, AI accele ato s a d sto age devices while helpi g optimize powe co sumptio i dema di g computi g e vi o me ts. These capabilities help e su e eliable data moveme t a d system esilie ce i AI a d cloud i f ast uctu e. To help p otect system i teg ity, the switches i co po ate a ha dwa e oot of t ust a d secu e boot a chitectu e suppo ted by post-qua tum-safe c yptog aphic algo ithms that meet CNSA 2.0 secu ity sta da ds.
Mic o 9650 PCIe Ge 6 NVMe SSDs a e desig ed to delive exceptio al th oughput, IOPS a d late cy cha acte istics equi ed fo data‑i te sive wo kloads such as AI t ai i g, eal‑time a alytics a d la ge‑scale databases. By combi i g Mic o ’s sto age tech ology with Mic ochip’s switchi g capability, the solutio demo st ates a bala ced, high‑pe fo ma ce sto age fab ic optimized fo ext‑ge e atio platfo ms. Visit the website to lea mo e about Mic ochip’s full po tfolio of
Note: The Mic ochip ame a d logo a d the Mic ochip logo a e egiste ed t adema ks of Mic ochip Tech ology I co po ated i the U.S.A. a d othe cou t ies. Switchtec is a t adema k of Mic ochip Tech ology I c. i the U.S.A. a d othe cou t ies. All othe t adema ks me tio ed he ei a e the p ope ty of thei espective compa ies.
