Why Micron fears Optane will eat its server DRAM lunch
The pricing of Optane memory, also called 3D XPoint, will cannibalise some DRAM sales and this could give Micron a big headache.
“The revenues of 3D XPoint memory are likely...
Micron results suffers Huawei-sized hangover
Micron’s fourth quarter revenues were affected by the US trade dispute with China - and Huawei in particular. Quarterly revenues fell 42 per cent to $4.87bn, down from $8.44bn...
Intel Gen 2 Optane DC SSDs are at least 50 per cent faster...
Intel showed off some performance figures for upcoming Alder Stream second generation Optane SSDs today at its Seoul Memory and Storage Day The info is a little sparse...
Intel’s Gen 2 Optane bursts into life. Details are sketchy
Intel's second generation Optane storage-class memory is code-named Barlow Pass, and the company is developing 144-layer QLC (4bits/cell) NAND technology.
The chip giant is also opening a second Optane development...
Liqid adds memory extension tech to composable system
Liqid’s composable systems can now compose up to 16TB of Liqid Memory, enabling larger applications to reduce IO and execute much faster.
A composable system dynamically sets up a virtual...
Oracle adopts storage-class memory for Exadata X8M
Oracle today announced its Exadata X8M storage servers will use Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory - 3D XPoint implemented in DIMM form.
Exadata systems are integrated hardware and software systems...
Pure Storage speeds, enlarges and extends systems, embraces subscriptions and heads for the clouds
Pure Storage has lined up a series of launches for day one of its Accelerate customer event in Austin, Texas that see the company's hardware go faster, go larger,...
Pure Storage adds Optane caching to FlashArray//X
Pure Storage is adding Optane read caching to its high-end FlashArray//X systems to make drive-level read accesses up to five times faster.
The //70 and //90 R2 models can be...
VAST Data gets faster and safer
VAST Data, the storage startup that wants to kill hard drives has released a software update for its Universal Storage platform that increases performance and system resiliency.
The company...
Dell EMC pumps up PowerMax performance
Dell EMC is ramping up performance for its high-end PowerMax arrays by adding support for FC-NVMe and Optane storage-class memory (SCM). Customers will get up to 50 per cent...
Intel-Micron 3D XPoint revenues to hit $3bn+ in 2023
3D XPoint media revenues will grow to more than $3bn in 2023, propelled by system software support and lowered manufacturing costs.
XPoint expert analyst presentations at the Flash Memory...
Back to the future with persistent memory
The potential of persistent memory is to return computing to the pre-DRAM era but with vastly more powerful NVRAM servers, and external storage relegated to being a reference data...