Last week, Intel announced its new Optane drives meant for server and HPC configurations. Today, the company is announcing its PC client version. The new drives will ship in 16GB and 32GB capacities.

Intel formally launched the Optane persistent memory product line, which includes 3D Xpoint memory technology. The Intel-only solution is meant to sit between DRAM and NAND and to speed up performance ...

After years of teasing and a major enterprise launch, Intel's Optane memory is finally available for PCs and enthusiast systems. While it's limited to Kaby Lake processors and 200-series motherboards, ...

Today Intel and system builders take hybrid storage technology in a new direction. The Intel Optane Memory H10 NVMe SSD combines two popular SSD technologies, 4-bit per cell memory and Intel's ...

A couple of weeks ago Intel and Micron jointly announced their Xpoint - pronounced "cross point" - memory. Offering few details they claimed 3D XPoint technology combines the performance, density, ...

Intel hopes that its 3D XPoint technology that it developed in conjunction with Micron will lead to a new generation of ultra-fast SSDs. The new memory technology, which is being marketed under the ...

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TweakTown may also earn commissions from other affiliate partners at no extra cost to you. Intel's "Optane" next-gen phase-change memory is ...

Storage was once considered the bottleneck of PC performance, and for many, it still is. However, there have been some impressive speed gains in storage, particularly with the recent proliferation of ...

On the surface, the Optane SSDs look the same as any other. You get a small PCB with some NAND packages and a controller. That is probably the reason why a lot of people missed the point of the drive ...

Intel has let slip its timeline for releasing what is arguably the most significant advancement in non-volatile data storage in years, its 3D XPoint (cross point) memory, which will be sold under the ...

How do you go about creating the best, most responsive solid-state drive on the market today? Though NAND-based drives can claim super-impressive sequential speeds, responsiveness, which is key to ...