Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Covering Digital Storage Technology & Market. IEEE President in 2024 Intel announced three new SSDs featuring its 144-layer NAND ...

Intel and Micron ran a joint development and production program for the Phase Change Memory know as 3D XPoint. This semiconductor non-volatile memory product is faster and more durable than NAND flash ...

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Last week, Intel announced the first super-fast Optane drive headed to market, the data-center focused DC P4800X SSD. While the consumer versions of the SSDs won’t be available until later this year, ...

Following last year's Optane SSD 900P $389 offering for prosumer PCs, Intel is now offering a lighter mainstream consumer edition, called the Optane 800P SSD. The M.2 form factor Optane 800P SSD cards ...

Gamers and other PC enthusiasts have been drooling over Intel's Optane technology, which turbocharges solid-state storage so much that it can even be part of the memory pool with a computer's usual ...

3D XPoint (pronounced “crosspoint,” not “ex-point”) is a promising form of non-volatile memory jointly developed by Intel and Micron. Intel claims that the memory, which it’s branding Optane for ...

Optane has long occupied a kind of no man's land in personal computing, but Intel aims to change that with its latest drive. Known as 3D XPoint before the "Optane" rebrand, the technology exists as a ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Intel's caching drive can boost hard drives to SSD-like speeds. Even ...

Intel is positioning its new Optane technology as the next big advancement in computer storage after SSDs, and today it’s announcing the first consumer product based on the technology. The “Intel ...

Intel has unveiled a new tier of Optane storage -- one designed to bridge the gap between volatile and non-volatile memory and create a new class of "Persistent" memory in the process. Share on ...

Intel is known for cranking up PC speeds to new highs, and it’s doing the same for storage with the super fast Optane. Optane, which Intel claims will replace today’s SSDs and DRAM, is exciting for ...