Intel announce their Optane SSD DC P4800X with 3D XPoint memory

[WYP]

Intel announce their Optane SSD DC P4800X with 3D XPoint memory, offering speeds that are so fast that the device can act as an extension of your DRAM.



Read more on Intel's Optane SSD 4800X.

 

[Asen]

I'd have a question. The interface is still PCIE-3 and only 4 lanes at max, I must that in the photo they seem only 2 times, so how will it be faster than an NVME drive, when this one almost saturates the bandwith?

 

[NeverBackDown]

Holy moly that's fast
To bad it costs more than most people's rigs...

 

[Chopper3]

I'd have a question. The interface is still PCIE-3 and only 4 lanes at max, I must that in the photo they seem only 2 times, so how will it be faster than an NVME drive, when this one almost saturates the bandwith?

As you suggest with the interfaces the same the maximum sequential rates will be similar but where this leaps ahead is the latency on random IO, and the write-wear is pretty good too.

 

[Doomslayer]

Bravo intel just bravo for a black PCB at least one company has learned.

 

[tolagarf]

Bravo intel just bravo for a black PCB at least one company has learned.

A premium price for that black pcb though

Nothing so far has tempted me to upgrade my trusty Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SATA3 drive... I do have a NVMe PCI 3.0 boot drive though, but it doesn't feel faster to me.

 

[Doomslayer]

A premium price for that black pcb though

Nothing so far has tempted me to upgrade my trusty Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SATA3 drive... I do have a NVMe PCI 3.0 boot drive though, but it doesn't feel faster to me.

Oh well at least Intel made it with a black PCB.