Pricing of Intel’s Optane DC Persistent Memory Modules

At least two retailers from the US on Friday have began to take pre-orders on Intel’s Optane DC Persistent Memory modules and due to this fact needed to reveal their costs. Today they solely supplied 128 GB and 256 GB modules, presumably indicating that the range-topping 512 GB Optane is about to ship a bit later.

The most important objective of Intel’s Optane DC Persistent Memory modules is to deliver larger reminiscence capacities nearer to the CPU at a fraction of DRAM value. Even with latest drops of DDR4 costs, high-capacity RDIMMs and LRDIMMs (i.e., 128 GB or 256 GB) value hundreds of US Dollars. Meanwhile, Intel’s 3D XPoint reminiscence used for Optane-branded merchandise is cheaper to make than DRAM, however gives a excessive efficiency and a powerful endurance, so in lots of instances utilizing Optane DC Persistent Memory as an alternative of DDR4 is sensible for memory-intensive purposes.

Without any surprises, Intel’s Optane DC modules are priced in accordance with their market positioning: properly above common SSDs, however properly under DDR4 RDIMMs/LRDIMMs of the identical capability. Depending on the retailer, the Optane DC 128 GB prices $842 – $893, whereas the Intel Optane DC 256 GB is priced at $2668 – $2850. Keep in thoughts that these usually are not official MSRPs of Intel (which can probably preserve its RCPs confidential as they are going to depend upon a number of elements), however costs at which sure retailers could promote them.

Unfortunately, neither of the retailers that began to take pre-orders on Intel’s Optane DC Persistent Memory revealed their ETA. Intel’s official place is that precise techniques that use the modules shall be obtainable in June, so it appears just like the chip large is about to start out shipments of its Optane DIMMs to events.

Source: Compsource.com (1, 2), ShopBLT.com (1, 2) (by way of Momomo_US/Twitter)