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.

The new 3D Xpoint memory architecture is designed to address critical shortcomings of both NAND flash and DDR4. Let's talk about how this new memory could address concerns in both markets.

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 ...

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.

Intel and Micron said that they will keep jointly manufacturing 3D XPoint memory technology at the Intel-Micron Flash Technologies (IMFT) factory in Lehi, Utah.

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.

Micron jointly developed the 3D Xpoint memory with Intel Corp starting in 2012. The company currently has a supply agreement with Intel that runs through the end of this year. Intel has said it plans ...

Based upon these considerations of economy of scale, the report projects that total baseline emerging memory annual shipping capacity will rise from an estimated 340TB in 2023 to 8.46EB in 2034 ...

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 ...