In March, Intel presented the first Optane desktop drives. Recall, they use the new non-volatile 3D XPoint memory.

Despite the fact that the first steps of this memory in the market can not be called a revolution, in the end, it can take even a larger niche than previously thought. The source reports that next year Intel can bring to the market operational memory using chips 3D XPoint.

According to the processor giant, the DRAM memory is expensive, unstable (volatile) and can not provide significant volumes at an affordable price. All this is supposedly possible to fix with the introduction of this area of ??

memory 3D XPoint.

The memory will use the existing form factor DIMM, which will keep compatibility. However, you need to understand that such modules will not replace the usual RAM modules, at least for the first time. We are talking about the joint work of two different types of memory, and there is already a problem of support from the CPU and software. Probably, it is for this reason that initially such a memory will appear only for the server segment.