Micron Technology, Inc., announced the Crucial X9 Pro Portable SSD and Crucial X10 Pro Portable SSD, two new performance offerings in the Crucial Pro Series product portfolio, designed for content creators such as photographers, videographers, designers, or any performance-seeking consumer. Both drives utilize Micron TLC NAND and leverage a revolutionary single-ASIC portable storage architecture to enable a breakthrough, ultra-compact, lightweight form factor and allows Micron to ship the most capacity per square millimeter in the industry. With either the Crucial X9 Pro and X10 Pro, users can safely store, transport and backup important videos, photos, files and more on the go, without cloud or internet access at lightning-fast speeds.
“We recognize that fast, efficient workflow processes are essential to the success of videographers, photographers and other content creators,” said Jonathan Weech, senior director of product marketing for Micron’s Commercial Products Group. “We designed and built our two new portable SSDs, the Crucial X9 Pro and the Crucial X10 Pro, to specifically address these demanding workloads. With more photos and videos being taken than ever before, consumers are looking for ways to save, preserve and protect their digital lives reliably and quickly.These two new Crucial Pro Portable SSDs are a great choice for anyone who needs dependable, fast, high-capacity storage.”
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Real speed. Raw power. Crucial X10 Pro Portable SSD
The Crucial X10 Pro Portable SSD, the fastest external SSD offered to date by Micron, delivers sequential read/write speeds up to 2,100MB/s and 2,000MB/s respectively and up to 4TB of space.Creative professionals can transfer 1TB of data in under nine minutes, dramatically improving video editing workflow efficiencies. The Crucial X10 Pro can connect directly to a laptop or workstation via the provided USB-C cable to blaze through multi-camera timelines and users can even edit, trim and render directly from the drive. Both water and dust resistant (IP55), the Crucial X10 Pro works with Windows, Mac, Android, game consoles and more right out of the box.
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Powerful performance. Broad compatibility. Crucial X9 Pro Portable SSD
With space to store thousands of photos, files and videos, the Crucial X9 Pro Portable SSD provides the speed required to organize, curate, edit and retouch photos quickly. Photographers can accelerate their workflow with powerful performance and storage capacity, as the Crucial X9 Pro provides sequential read and write speeds up to 1,050MB/s and is available in sizes up to 4TB. The Crucial X9 Pro is plug-and-play ready with a USB-C connection and works with Windows, Mac, Android devices and more. Its diminutive size of 65 x 50 millimeters provides palm-sized portability and weighs only 38 grams.
Micron + Adobe: Accelerating the pace of content creation.
Micron has collaborated with Adobe to provide a one-month Creative Cloud All Apps plan with the purchase and complete drive registration for every Crucial X9 Pro or Crucial X10 Pro Portable SSD product . This product bundle will allow a wide variety of users to express their creativity more easily than ever before.
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