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Intel's Vision for Memory



Intel® Optane™ Technology: Just 2 years back in July, 2015, the Intel and Micron announced 3D XPoint, a non-volatile memory (NVM) technology.  Bit storage is based on a change of bulk resistance, in conjunction with a stackable cross-gridded data access array. Initial prices are less than dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) but more than flash memory, as was expected prior to release. Development of 3D XPoint began around 2012. Intel and Micron had developed other non-volatile phase-change memory (PCM) technologies previously; Mark Durcan of Micron said 3D XPoint architecture differs from previous offerings of PCM, and uses chalcogenide materials for both selector and storage parts of memory cell that are faster and more stable than traditional PCM materials like GST.

But now, they have a product that uses this Innovative Technology to boost up current generation Kaby Lake systems. Its the Intel Optane Memory Modules that comes with 16GB/32GB variants as of now. The main aim behind launching this product is to Boost the performance of legacy build architecture with current gen Intel CPUs i.e., with traditional HDDs and that's the only thing that bottle necks the whole PC performance even if you have i7 variant of 7th Gen. That's why the company thought of releasing a product to solve some common household problems like this.

The Intel Optane Memory is a M.2 NVMe SSD utilizing 3D XPoint memory rather than NAND streak memory. 3D XPoint permits the Optane Memory to convey far higher throughput than any blaze SSD of comparable limit, and lower read inactivity than a NAND streak SSD of any limit. The Optane Memory is proposed both for OEMs to incorporate into new frameworks and as a secondary selling redesign for "Optane Memory prepared" frameworks: those that meet the framework prerequisites for Intel's new Optane storing programming and have motherboard firmware bolster for booting from a reserved volume. Nonetheless, the Optane Memory can likewise be dealt with as a little and quick NVMe SSD, in light of the fact that the greater part of the work to empower its reserving part is performed in programming or by the PCH on the motherboard. 32GB is even (scarcely) enough to be utilized as a Windows boot drive, however doing as such would not be helpful for generally purchasers.

Current Module Specs:

I still don't know why they are not using PCIe 3.0 x4 using M.2 to leverage the potential of the Tech they are working on for about half a decade. And because of that the Sequential read and write are nearly half of those Samsung NVMe 960 modules. But, I m impressed with the less power consumption. The main thing that it will force enthusiast to buy it will the price.

The caching facility of this modules is quite similar to that of those 64GB SSD that were earlier produced for caching purpose only. But Intel has improvised the algorithm regarding that and practically you will start noticing a significant improve in performance after 1st restart after you install it. Its good for gaming when we require faster map loads in multiplayer environment. 

In the last, this is not the product I was expecting from Intel based on X Point but its a good start and I am expecting more from them. Further products might get benefits from increasing versions of NVMe protocol which promises amazing performance.


  
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