Intel Corp. is starting
to ship the first products based on new technology.
The
new storage drives, are based on technology called 3D XPoint.
“It blurs the line
between system memory and storage,” said Diane Bryant, an executive vice
president who oversees Intel’s Data Center Group. She said 3D XPoint,
pronounced “three-dee cross point,” can help accelerate tasks such as fraud
detection, retail purchase recommendations, and autonomous driving.
Intel claims the raw 3D XPoint
technology is 1,000 times faster than the NAND flash commonly used in storage
drives, though still about 10% the speed of temporary memory called DRAM, or
dynamic random-access memory.
The storage drives Intel is initially shipping
can’t take full advantage of the new technology’s speed because of the way they
connect to computers.
The new storages drives Intel is making
widely available on Sunday.
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