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Micron Launches HBM4, SOCAMM2, and PCIe Gen 6 SSD Advancements for AI Infrastructure

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Micron unveiled three cutting-edge products at NVIDIA GTC 2026, all tailored for the Vera Rubin platform. The 36 GB HBM4 12-high stack began shipping in Q1 2026, delivering 2.8 TB/s bandwidth via 11 Gb/s pin speeds—2.3x faster than HBM3E—with a 20% power efficiency boost. A 16-high 48 GB variant, offering 33% more capacity per stack, was also sampled. SOCAMM2 memory modules, including a 192 GB version, now enter mass production, enabling 2 TB of memory and 1.2 TB/s bandwidth per CPU in Vera Rubin systems.

The broader SOCAMM2 line ranges from 48 GB to 256 GB, targeting data center scalability. Meanwhile, the Micron 9650 PCIe Gen 6 SSD, optimized for NVIDIA BlueField-4 STX, achieves 28 GB/s sequential reads and 5.5 million random read IOPS, doubling Gen 5 performance while halving power consumption. These innovations aim to accelerate AI workloads and data center efficiency.