Ice Lake scales MemVerge in-memory SW to new heights
Updated Memory Machine software from MemVerge runs applications faster with support for Ice Lake CPUs and increased memory capacity.
MemVerge CEO Charles Fan issued this announcement: “Memory Machine v1.2 is...
VAST Data exits hardware business, pivots to software subscriptions
VAST Data, the high performance storage startup, is to stop selling its own hardware. It will concentrate instead on selling software on a subscription basis, and will certify...
We need to talk about Micron
Micron’s 3D XPoint withdrawal last week prompted much debate about the implications for Intel, the future of storage-class memory, the prospects for CXL, and the direction of Micron’s...
How Micron aims to compete with 3D XPoint
Micron aims to develop new storage-class memory products that compete with Intel's Optane - using technology based on Compute Express Link (CXL)
Micron’s EVP and Chief Business Officer Sumit Sadana...
Micron’s 3D XPoint departure is not good news for Intel Optane
Analysis. Micron’s decision, announced yesterday, to scrap 3D XPoint development and sell its Lehi fab, which makes XPoint chips for itself and Intel, has thrown a giant spanner in...
MemVerge delivers big genomic sequencing speed boost, with a little help from Optane
MemVerge has announced its BigMemory Optane-boosted DRAM system delivered a 25X increase in genomic sequencing speed at Analytical BioSciences.
Analytical BioSciences (ABio) is a single cell genomics company focusing on accelerating...
IBM’s got a brand new pizza box – an entry-level FlashSystem
IBM has launched the pizza box-sized FlashSystem 5200, its most compact storage system to date. The company has further updated the 5000 line with new 5015 and 5035 systems...
GigaIO composability switch delivers shared Optane memory
GigaIO announced yesterday it is using silicon from Microchip in its FabreX PCIe 4.0 network fabric to dynamically compose server systems and share memory, including Optane, between servers....
Huawei is the big beast of 2020’s IO500
An Intel DAOS file system has leapfrogged WekaIO on the IO500 list, an annual league table of the fastest HPC file systems. This reverses Weka’s win over DAOS in...
Hedge fund’s Intel shake-up call. What are the implications for Optane?
A New York hedge fund spoiled Intel's Christmas with calls for the company to get its act together. Dan Loeb, CEO of Third Point, said in a letter published...
Incremental storage media density magic meant flash chipped away at disk in 2020
All storage media technologies saw increased density in 2020 - tape, disk, flash, persistent memory and even DNA. However QLC flash advances meant the nearline disk bastion is...
Intel launches three new Optane drives. One is world’s fastest data centre SSD
Intel has launched three new Optane drives, all faster than their predecessors, including one it dubs “the world’s fastest data centre SSD”.
Speaking at the Intel Memory and Storage Moment...