Intel last week released an SSD that’s faster and more durable than its rivals. The best thing about the Optane DC P4800X drive is that it … ...

Next-gen consoles may use Optane-like cache modules to supercharge SSD speeds and keep storage costs low.

Now tack on $44 for the 16GB Optane Memory and we’re talking about $90 or so for a hard drive plus SSD cache. Alternatively, you could buy a 240GB SATA SSD for $80, or get the 480GB model for $130.

PC World also notes that a high-end Samsung 960 Pro SSD currently offers better performance than Intel Optane Memory in several different benchmarks, but the Optane system handily outperforms hard ...

High-end consumer SSD and Optane Memory caching technology is a bit more specious. High-end 900p and still-high-end 800p only with lower capacities and a PCIe x2 limitation? Yeah, sorry, but no.

The OS was installed on a 118GB Intel Optane SSD, the secondary volume was a 1TB WD Black 7200RPM SATA hard drive, and the recently-released 64GB Optane Memory drive was used to accelerate the HDD.

Intel has been developing Optane/3D Xpoint solutions for a few years, but this is the first real SSD that can replace a hard drive or solid state drive in consumer desktop computers.

Intel plans to replace hard drives with a new storage ecosystem: Its NAND flash SSDs and Optane memory for temporary storage, and the cloud for everything else.

So, Intel’s Optane drives are awesome and way faster, longer-lasting, and better than SSDs… but you knew there had to be a catch. All this cutting edge technology doesn’t come cheap, and if ...

Intel recently unveiled its Optane Memory products last month, though the company has been co-developing its underlying memory technology with partner Micron for years now. The 3D Xpoint memory ...

Intel's Optane Memory is a 16GB or 32GB drive that can serve as a fast cache for an HDD or SSD. Intel "Intel Optane Memory ready" motherboards are available already.

The Optane SSD 900P is the first enthusiast-class solid state drive from Intel to leverage 3D Xpoint memory technology and HotHardware has the full ...