Intel Shares New Roadmap for Optane, NAND, Including 144

Intel immediately at a press occasion in South Korea introduced their plans for future product launches within the reminiscence areas. Optane is the title of the carriage Intel is pulling right here – there is no novelty about that – and the corporate will likely be pushing a second technology launch of Optane enterprise SSDs and Optane DC Persistent Memory modules. Most attention-grabbing for us down-to-earth PC lovers, although – the market launch of 144 Layer QLC NAND in 2020, which ought to deliver even decrease pricing to NAND-based gadgets. Later, the corporate additionally plans to launch 144 layer TLC NAND options.

The new Optane modules apparently make use of first-generation 3D XPoint reminiscence nonetheless – the love youngster of the now defunct Intel-Micron partnership. Intel’s new Optane DC Persistent Memory merchandise will materialize in codename Barlow Pass modules, with a launch window across the likes of Cooper Lake (14nm) and Ice Lake (10nm) server processors scheduled for 2020. It appears that Intel’s solely shopper answer based mostly in Optane – the Optane Memory H10 two-in-one SSD – is a lonely youngster effort which will not be joined by the previously-planned Optane Memory M15 (a devoted cache drive for techniques with mechanical-based storage, that are already on their manner out) and Optane SSD 815P (which might solely supply 118 GB of storage, clearly too little for present knowledge storing traits within the general market.

On to the SSD aspect of issues, which what you are possible most curious about, Intel introduced that they are going to be releasing a successor to their well-received 660p SSD late this 12 months or early 2020, within the type of the 665p – which brings with it a fair additional discount in pricing as a result of up to date 96-layer NAND (in comparison with the 64-layer at present employed within the 660p). Performance ought to stay across the identical degree – however worth/bit is Intel’s 660p power in any case.

Later in 2020, Intel will likely be launching up to date SSD merchandise which make use of the corporate’s 144 layer QLC NAND, bringing yet one more nosedive in pricing. It’s possible efficiency will not shift an excessive amount of between their 96-layer SSD and their 14-layer one when it lastly releases – maybe Intell’s betting on their 144-layer TLC to deliver a brand new, higher-performing product to market, leaving the 665p’s successor the duty of choosing up the majority of space for storing on customers’ computer systems as a result of its anticipated a lot decrease pricing.

As a footnote, Intel additionally has demonstrated 5-bit-per-cell NAND flash reminiscence engaged on its labs, however the firm nonetheless would not know if the expertise is possible (price and reliability-wise, it appears) to implement and convey to market