XPoint can also save information after being powered down, unlike DRAM, which is erased without a constant power supply. Despite being more costly, DRAM can be written to faster than 3D XPoint.

Intel hasn’t announced new Optane memory products for over a year and hasn’t created significant new 3D XPoint production since the Micron owned Lehi facility was shut down in 2021. This once ...

Let’s look at some of the gifts of 3D XPoint (Optane). Micron and Intel introduced 3D XPoint memory (a form of Phase Change Memory) just before and during the 2015 Flash Memory Summit.

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.

Numemory does not disclose the operating voltages for its NM102, so we can only make guesses. 128Gb is the capacity of Intel's 2nd Generation Optane (3D XPoint) memory devices.

And most computer systems believe they are running in a unified memory setup. This is the reason why we have the missing chunk of memory in a 32-bit system with more than 4GB of RAM installed.

Micron detailed its 3DXpoint plans Tuesday at the Flash Memory Summit conference in Santa Clara, California. Intel and Micron are taking divergent paths to bring 3D Xpoint to customers.

Key Points Intel began its exit from memory chips in late 2020 by selling its SSD and NAND operations. The company further retreated by winding down its 3D XPoint business earlier this year.

In 2019, Micron agreed to buy Intel's share in IMFT—the only semiconductor fab in the world equipped for the mass-production of 3D XPoint wafers—for $1.5 billion.

What just happened? Micron back in March announced it had ceased production of 3D XPoint memory and was putting its Lehi, Utah-based fab up for sale. They've since found a buyer in Texas Instruments.

Intel launched its Optane product family in 2017 built around a new type of memory technology, 3D XPoint, co-developed with Micron. 3D XPoint is non-volatile like NAND, meaning it retains data ...