A wafer of 3D XPoint memory. Image source: Intel. Microprocessor giant Intel has made it clear to investors that part of its long-term growth strategy will be to participate more aggressively in the ...

Computer storage has been stuck in an innovation rut over the last two decades. While consumer drives have improved immensely, the fundamentals they're based on haven't changed. Computers use DRAM for ...

3D Xpoint (pronounced "crosspoint") is designed in a 3D structure, like some of the cutting-edge 3D NAND we've discussed. Unlike NAND, however, 3D Xpoint doesn't use an electrical charge to store data ...

Intel’s 3D Xpoint debuted earlier this year, in the form of Optane storage drives, but we’ll have to wait a little longer until the technology appears in RAM form, as promised. An Intel Director has ...

Intel's interesting new memory technology will finally come to market next year. According to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich on the company's most recent earnings call, the company plans to "ship thousands ...

Intel won’t be the only company gearing up to sell super-fast SSDs based on the new 3D Xpoint storage and memory technology; other storage companies will also offer them with technology provided by ...

Computer chip maker Micron Technology Inc. Monday confirmed plans to buy out rival Intel Corp.’s stake in their flash memory joint venture company IM Flash Technologies for $1.5 billion. The IM Flash ...

MicronMU and Intel INTC took forward their long-standing relationship by updating the terms of their 3D XPoint joint development partnership formed in July 2015. The alliance resulted in the ...

Today's current storage technologies leave a technology gap in data storage tiers. DRAM is far too expensive to scale, and while NAND has the capacity and cost structure to scale, it lacks sufficient ...

Intel’s groundbreaking 3D Xpoint technology is poised to shake up computer memory and storage with its blazing fast speed and high capacity, but the chipmaker is still trying to figure out the best ...

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In 2015, microprocessor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) talked up a new type of memory technology that it had developed jointly with memory specialist Micron, known as 3D XPoint. In a nutshell, 3D XPoint ...