Semiconductor manufacturers Intel and Micron are working on a new type of non-volatile computer memory that they say is up to 1000 times faster and more durable than NAND flash. 3D XPoint (pronounced ...

Going at it alone means more money spent Manufacturing memory chips -- whether they're NAND flash, DRAM, or 3D XPoint -- is something that's highly research-and-development-intensive.

However, SanDisk (SNDK), in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), has developed a storage-class memory technology. SanDisk claims that this technology can compete with 3D XPoint.

Intel and Micron recently announced a new class of ‘3D XPoint’ non-volatile memory that is up to 1,000 times faster than NAND, but now they’ve got some competition. New ‘Storage-Class Memory’ tech is ...

Hybrid memory cube, Optane (aka 3D XPoint) and the Crystal Well SDRAM that Intel mounts on its highest-end integrated GPU solutions are all products of the same joint agreement between the two ...

Selling the business would have made no sense, since the underlying technology was essentially dead. If Gelsinger has his way, 3D XPoint will mark Intel's last foray into the memory chip markets.

He estimated that Intel lost $2 billion on 3D XPoint in 2017 and 2018, and $1.5 billion in 2019. That’s unsurprising, however, as 3D XPoint memory production is nowhere near as mature as 3D NAND.

3D XPoint is supposed to be much faster than NAND (though more expensive and harder to manufacturer than NAND) and it's supposed to be cheaper than DRAM, a type of fast volatile memory that's ...

These layers can be stacked on top of each other to produce storage devices that are 10 times denser than conventional SSDs or RAM, and yet allow every memory cell to be accessed individually. 3D ...

In a comment to Blocks & Files, analyst Jim Handly said Intel’s 3D XPoint is very unprofitable to produce. He estimated that Intel lost $2 billion on 3D XPoint in 2017 and 2018, and $1.5 billion in ...