Report: First Intel 3D XPoint products coming to the desktop
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Rumor mill Benchlife.info claims to have new information about the first round of 3D XPoint "Optane" storage products for the consumer and enthusiast space. According to Benchlife's source, Intel will roll out its Optane Memory 8000p series devices in 16GB and 32GB capacities. Optane is not intended to be primary storage-Intel presents their NAND flash alternative as a sort of intermediary between system memory and storage.
As is the case with flash memory, the higher capacity model offers additional performance, as shown in the table below. Read performance is five to 10% faster on the larger model, and write performance ...