Intel unveils gen 2 Optane SCM, bellows: You Barlow Pass, as it unfurls roadmap

Plus: 144-layer NAND coming in 2020... and a consumer-level QLC flash drive

Intel has dropped the veil on its gen 2 Optane technology, code-named Barlow Pass, although the details are still light, and revealed it is developing 144-layer QLC (4bits/cell) NAND technology."