Intel to shake up high-end SSD market with 3D XPoint technology

Intel to shake up high-end SSD market with 3D XPoint technology

Electronics News

4 January, 2016

"INTEL’s next generation SSD memory products, due to ship in the third quarter of 2016, will shake up the high-end SSD market, claims TrendForce.The Intel non-volatile memory technology known as 3D XPoint will be the basis of products to be sold under the name Optane, which promise speeds over seven times faster than traditional SSDs, complementing the company’s Kaby Lake CPUs.

According to TrendForce, the technology will be a strong threat to the current memory market leader Samsung, especially in the high-end range of the spectrum.

Samsung’s new memory products, which are currently under development and scheduled for launch in the middle of 2016, will incorporate the company’s technological strengths in both DRAM and NAND Flash manufacturing."

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Very cool stuff. Basically it's a new nonvolatile memory standard that is much faster than SSD, and possibly almost as fast as DRAM.