Intel to Launch Ultra fast XPoint powered SSDs in 2016

[WYP]

Intel are going to Launch Ultra fast XPoint powered SSDs in 2016. Prepare for speeds over 5x faster than today's NVMe SSDs.



Read more on Intel's XPoint Memory and SSDs.

 

[MadShadow]

At the rate that new SSD technologies are advancing, let's hope that standard 2.5 in drives go down in price

 

[WYP]

At the rate that new SSD technologies are advancing, let's hope that standard 2.5 in drives go down in price

Hell, maybe soon it will be NAND vs XPoint instead of HDD vs SSD.

with 3D vNAND coming from every NAND manufacturer in the next few months SSDs are definitely due to get more affordable.

 

[MadShadow]

Hell, maybe soon it will be NAND vs XPoint instead of HDD vs SSD.

with 3D vNAND coming from every NAND manufacturer in the next few months SSDs are definitely due to get more affordable.

That's exactly what I was that thinking (the first bit at least)

 

[Agost]

Prepare your wallets

3$/GB SSDs are coming - again

 

[NeverBackDown]

Prepare your wallets

3$/GB SSDs are coming - again

Considering you get 9GB's per the 1GB of NAND, it's actually not much more expensive when you think about it. Getting 9x the amount for only 3x the cost? Pretty good deal tbh. It'll obviously be way more expensive but in context it's a good deal.

 

[Agost]

Considering you get 9GB's per the 1GB of NAND, it's actually not much more expensive when you think about it. Getting 9x the amount for only 3x the cost? Pretty good deal tbh. It'll obviously be way more expensive but in context it's a good deal.

???

I said price per GB, not price per die area. Moreover, this new 3d Xpoint is 8-10 times denser than DRAM, not NAND. AFAIK NAND is currently much denser than DRAM.