SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24, 2019 — MICRON INSIGHT — Micron Technology, Inc., today announced a breakthrough in nonvolatile memory technology with the introduction of the world’s fastest SSD, the Micron X100 SSD. DRAM makers are pushing into the next phase of scaling, but they are facing several challenges as the memory technology approaches its physical limit. 3D XPoint Memory can fit between DRAM and SSDs as long as it’s faster than NAND flash (which it is by its very nature) and it costs less than DRAM, which today is an issue.Intel has been addressing the issue of platform performance since the early 1990s. It’s hard to see why a consumer would be attracted to one of the Optane bundles. I don’t care about using it for system ram, because it also has a limited re-write life, just a lot longer the flash. But WHY?? Just like some wanted to pay extra fro a SSD over a HDD there will be people who want to pay more for the 3D XPoint than they the cost of the SSD in order to get that absolutely insane performance upgrade!! Anyone who sells it will lose money.I am sorry to say that the outlook for profits has gotten worse thanks to this year’s DRAM price collapse. While this is good business, it means that only Intel can make money by selling 3D XPoint at a loss. Stay ahead of the tech trends with industy updates delivered to you every week!The Micron X100 SSD will be in limited sampling with select customers this quarter.Since 1987 - Covering the Fastest Computers in the World and the People Who Run ThemReproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Tabor Communications, Inc. is prohibited. Originally QuantX products were scheduled to ship in 2017, but Micron is currently projecting availability in 2019. The few who understand that they want more DRAM are likely to buy more DRAM.Certainly! The company can do this by customizing the circuitry inside of standard NAND flash chips, and these changes don’t require any new technology. A part of this has been the company’s orchestration of DRAM interface migration: FPM, EDO, SDRAM, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, & DDR4. Any company that embarks on this path will need to simply eat the loss for 2+ years without any hope of ever recovering it. The announcement this week by Intel and Micron Technology of 3D XPoint memory, which will sit somewhere between DRAM and NAND flash in future systems, has everyone thinking about the architectural, economic, and performance implications of emerging memory technologies in devices of all kinds – including those humming away in the datacenters of the world. Optane will always be expensive when you compare it with a NAND SSD.Also consider the fact that the author and I came to completely different conclusions.It also makes sense that Samsung’s response to Optane is to make a fast NAND flash – Z-NAND. Call and e-mail executives.
A Tabor Communications PublicationHPCwire is a registered trademark of Tabor Communications, Inc. Use of this site is governed by our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Be the most informed person in the room! As a result, Micron may not ship QuantX products for a long time!Still, how does it make sense for Intel to lose money on Optane Memory? The Micron X100 SSD accelerates data center applications by delivering larger amounts of data in real time, and it dramatically increases the speed of data transactions while maintaining predictably fast service for quicker time to insights.© 2020 HPCwire. ReRAM, MRAM, etc.) Here’s how I usually explain it:As opposed to what is written here, 3D-Xpoint price per GB is cheaper than DRAM by a factor of 2 or more (Amazon).Yes. With a combination of industry-leading high bandwidth, low latency, high quality of service (QoS) and high endurance, the Micron X100 SSD provides game-changing performance for big data applications and transactional workloads. It is two completely different products as one hold the data when powered off while the other does not!!! I, in turn, decided to turn that presentation into a blog post.As a result, readers shouldn’t expect to see Micron promote QuantX until 3D XPoint’s cost falls below that of DRAM. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.The simple answer is that it doesn’t make financial sense for Micron to ship these products at this time.I’m not holding my breath.Peter, Not at all plagiarism. If it doesn’t fit, then computers will use a cheaper alternative that provides equal or better performance. Z-NAND will be built using Samsung’s existing NAND process but with a different chip layout (i.e. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Persistent memory, a new addition to the memory hierarchy, allows greater flexibility in data administration by providing non-volatile, low latency memory closer to the processor. It’s hard to imagine that anyone will really do this.You wouldn’t BELIEVE how many people want to post ads for Nike shoes etc.