Intel launches Optane-accelerated QLC flash drive
Intel has made a dual non-volatile media drive that offers fast and slow access to a terabyte of data.
The Optane-NAND gumstick format H10 card drive presents itself as a...
Is Optane DIMM endurance good enough? Quick answer…Yes, Intel has delivered
Update; April 9, 2019 - Intel statement added as final section.
After the dust has settled from Intel’s monster gen 2 Xeon, Optane, Ethernet and FPGA launch this week the...
Intel announces Optane DIMM support with Gen 2 Xeon SP processors and QLC ruler
As expected Intel has updated its Xeon processor line and shone a bright light on Optane DIMM (DC Persistent Memory) general availability.
It’s also announced a dual-port Optane SSD and...
MemVerge virtualizes DRAM and Optane DIMMs into single clustered memory pool
Startup MemVerge is developing software to combine DRAM and Optane DIMM persistent memory into a single clustered storage pool for existing applications to use with no code changes.
It says...
NetApp adds MAX Data supports for new Intel Xeons and Optane DIMMs
NetApp’s updated v1.3 MAX Data supports new Intel Xeon CPUs and Optane DC Persistent Memory in the host servers to which it feeds data from ONTAP arrays.
Optane DC Persistent...
AMD gets Western Digital Memory Extension tech for EPYC Optane battle
AMD has announced it’s using Western Digital’s Memory Extension technology to provide servers with greater effective memory capacity and so take on Optane DRAM extension technology.
The Ultrastar DC ME200...
MLC DRAM makes fully autonomous vehicle technology achievable
Dateline: April 1, 2019. Researchers at a secret Google facility have implemented multi-level cell DRAM, demonstrating 2 bits/cell (MLC) with a roadmap to 3 and 4 bits/cell, equivalent to...
A potted history of all-flash arrays
Fourteen years ago Violin Memory began life as an all-flash array vendor, aiming to kick slower-performing disk drive arrays up their laggardly disk latency butt. Since then 18 startups...
MemVerge harnesses Optane memory to make Apache Spark run faster
MemVerge a stealth-mode startup, based in Silicon Valley, is developing shared pools of external Optane DIMM memory to make Spark and similar applications run faster than servers with local drives.
The company outlined the...
Intel gets ready to go live with servers with 12TB Optane
Expect Intel to announce on April 2 that server makers will ship 4-socket, 112-core servers with up to 12TB of Optane memory, from July onwards.
This means the servers will...
Formulus Black formulates in-memory speed-up servers
Formulus Black has developed a way to make X86 servers run faster through a data reduction method that effectively enlarges server memory.
Its software runs in a bare metal server...
Dell blabs mid-range storage box details – but not to us
Earlier this month we asked Dell EMC to discuss the features of its upcoming unified mid-range storage server. The company declined our request, saying it was too soon...