intel 3D X Point is 10,000 times faster then Nand flash

[T8z5h3]

Hi,

Intel has released videos and information about 3D XPoint Memory, the memory will be used both in Ram and SSD at the start but over time will break the Current Computer design (CPU L1,L2,L3 then DRam Then SSD then Hard Drive Design)

 

 

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/3d-xpoint-unveiled-video.html

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/non-volatile-memory.html

 

[Coaxialgamer]

this is VERY old news 

[TheRandomness]

Just now, Coaxialgamer said:

this is VERY old news 

But still. Linus needs to do a Holy $hit on this. 

[T8z5h3]

the difference is the fact that they say it's coming in 2016

 

[ThinkWithPortals]

This is SUPER old news.

[NumLock21]

Kaby Lake will be the first to get Intel 3D X Point.

[qwertywarrior]

well u cant use that 1000x speed up performance

 

"while the base technology is as high as 1000x faster than NAND flash memory, full solutions wrapped around an NVMe capable controller have shown to sit at roughly a 10x improvement over NAND. "

 

" The speed of 3D XPoint immediately shifts the bottleneck back to the controller, PCIe bus, and OS/software. True 1000x performance gains will not be realized until second generation XPoint DIMMs are directly linked to the CPU. "

 

directly linked to the cpu = like ram ?

 

 

[Curufinwe_wins]

1 hour ago, qwertywarrior said:

well u cant use that 1000x speed up performance

 

"while the base technology is as high as 1000x faster than NAND flash memory, full solutions wrapped around an NVMe capable controller have shown to sit at roughly a 10x improvement over NAND. "

 

" The speed of 3D XPoint immediately shifts the bottleneck back to the controller, PCIe bus, and OS/software. True 1000x performance gains will not be realized until second generation XPoint DIMMs are directly linked to the CPU. "

 

directly linked to the cpu = like ram ?

 

 

Yes, like ram indeed.... the extra latency of the Southbridge or even of pcie direct connects is a limiting factor in xpoint even now.

[ChineseChef]

Have there been any realistic price and timeline estimates for purchasable products?

[NumLock21]

 

First optane pcie spotted

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10604/intels-140gb-optane-3d-xpoint-pcie-ssd-spotted-at-idf

[patrickjp93]

On August 19, 2559 BE at 5:16 AM, ChineseChef said:

Have there been any realistic price and timeline estimates for purchasable products?

Dev boards/cards are already purchase able. PCIe drives should be available right before Kaby Lake.

 

52 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

 

First optane pcie spotted

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10604/intels-140gb-optane-3d-xpoint-pcie-ssd-spotted-at-idf

Nice find!