Intel's Optane promised a memory revolution, faster than NAND, denser than DRAM, but it died in five short years.

Intel even claims that some workloads will go faster; although Optane "memory" is slower than regular RAM, the middleware layer that manages the memory can move data around so that it is closer to ...

In a massive storage data dump, Intel laid out its Optane roadmap and claimed an edge in Penta Level Cell NAND technology. That’s not even mentioning the company’s plans for fatter SSDs, and ...

Intel Optane memory might sound like a new standard ... which are turned 90 degrees on each layer. The image below lays out an example of how this looks at a microscopic level.

Intel is also still reportedly working on its PLC (penta-layer-cell) technology for NAND ... 4.0 to show up at some point -- and there'll be Optane storage ready for the standard when it does.

With the Optane Memory H20, Intel said it has upgraded the 3D XPoint Media, and has moved to the same newer 144 layer QLC NAND. Unlike conventional NAND SSDs that are seen as a single drive by the ...

The second generation 3D XPoint (announced in 2019) went from two to four layers of memory cells. The image below shows an earlier vision for Optane products pared with Intel’s server chips.

Intel has announced a number of Optane and ... Consumer drive using NVMe, built with 144-layer QLC. And the Optane drives: Optane SSD P5800X: Data center drive, 2nd Gen Optane Optane Memory ...

while the Optane SSD will be called the Alder Stream. Intel will also start shipping a 96-layer 3D NAND in the fourth quarter and launch a 144-layer QLC, or 4-bits per cell, 3D NAND next year ...

Page 2: Intel Optane Memory H20: More Benchmarks And The Verdict Intel first showed off its Optane Memory H20 solid state drive late last year. Just in case you missed the initial news, Optane ...