The companies noted that they will jointly develop the second generation 3D XPoint technology by first-half of 2019 at the Intel-Micron Flash Technologies (IMFT) facility in Lehi, UT.

Unlike NAND, 3D Xpoint memory can also write data into much smaller areas. NAND flash must be written in relatively large blocks (we covered this in our recent explainer on SSDs and NAND technology).

As the digital world’s data footprint balloons – from 4.4 zettabytes of digital data created in 2013 to an expected 44 zettabytes by 2020, according to Intel – 3D XPoint technology will be ...

In July 2015, Micron and Intel companies announced 3D XPoint, their revolutionary non-volatile technology with cross-point structure.

The press release describes 3D XPoint as “a three-dimensional checkerboard where memory cells sit at the intersection of word lines and bit lines.” Each individually addressable memory cell can store ...

The SSD is capable of 550 000 read input/output operations per second (IOPS) and 500 000 write IOPS according to Intel. The drive is also rather resilient as it will be used in data centers which ...

Intel has finally launched the first device based on 3D Xpoint – a new type of memory that promises to be much faster and more durable than flash, but cost less than DRAM. Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X ...

That’s one way to differentiate Micron’s 3D Xpoint products from Intel products, which will be branded Optane. Initially, Micron is looking at 200GB to 1.4TB SSDs that could be plugged into ...

Summary Some think Intel will double sales and profits in the next 5 years. To get a double, sales of 3D NAND and 3D XPoint must be huge. Micron as 50/50 partner in 3D NAND and 3DX will grow much ...

No, DRAM would still be a bit faster, latency-wise. It would be pretty good, though! And also, we don't have any word on bandwidth: DRAM might have a lot more bandwidth than 3D XPoint.