First Look at Intel Optane Memory Powered by 3D XPoint Technology

<p>Jan 18, 2017 09:23 PM &nbsp;IDF 2015...</p>

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pub Aug 2015 &nbsp;Rob Crooke VP of non-vol memory presents to Brian Krzanich (Intel)...</p>

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speed is 7X their fastest NAND flash &nbsp;(even in this early prototype)</p>

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fast memory &nbsp;DRAM &nbsp;next to CPU... &nbsp;hitting a bottleneck...</p>

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Intel and Micron... biggest breakthru in 25 years</p>

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3d &nbsp;Xpoint &nbsp;new class: &nbsp;new architecture;</p>

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scale to high density...</p>

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put a switch &nbsp;btwn wires on a screen... &nbsp;and a storage element;

uses a bulk material property change &nbsp;(? PCM)

1000X &nbsp;faster than &nbsp;NAND but &nbsp;10X faster than &nbsp;DRAM;</p>

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Intel Optane &nbsp;combines &nbsp;3d xpoint &nbsp;+ optimized &nbsp;controllers &nbsp;+ &nbsp;interfaces to computer</p>

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he says will deliver in 2016 &nbsp;(this has slipped);</p>

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SSDs &nbsp;and DIMMs...</p>

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fist demo of &nbsp;Intel Optane &nbsp;SSD &nbsp;(early</p>

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contrasts &nbsp;NAND &nbsp;Intell &nbsp;P3700 &nbsp;one of the fastest... &nbsp;84K &nbsp;iops &nbsp;vs</p>

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465k &nbsp;Iops &nbsp;for &nbsp;early prototype of &nbsp;Optane &nbsp;5 to 7X &nbsp;for early prototype;</p>

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application benefits: &nbsp;bigger memory; &nbsp;wicked fast and non-vol</p>

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immersive gaming; &nbsp;HPC; &nbsp;medicine; &nbsp;big data analytics;</p>

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10 years of R and D;</p>