![]() ![]() Optane Memory comes in the form of M.2 modules, using the same form factor as many of today's high-end SSDs. Fast-forward a little bit and we finally have the first widely available consumer Optane product. Intel downplayed the launch and pitched it only at the machine learning and big data analytics markets. However, it was limited in scope and capacity, and also rather expensive. The first shipping product, Intel's Optane SSD DC 4800X, gave the world a little taste of that possibility earlier this year. ![]() Products were supposed to have launched in 2016, but we're more than halfway through 2017 and Optane hasn't yet made its mark. Intel then introduced the Optane brand for 3D Xpoint products, but things have been a little muted after that. The companies described it as revolutionary, and indeed, such a thing would change one of the most fundamental constants of PC architecture as we know it today - unifying RAM and storage into a single fast, non-volatile pool. Developed jointly with Micron, this new kind of non-volatile chip was supposed to be as fast as RAM and as inexpensive as SSDs. Intel first announced its 3D Xpoint memory technology over two years ago. ![]()
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