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Teeqoz on 30 July 2015
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fatslob-:O said:
Teeqoz said:

Considering you can get 16 GB of DRAM on a single unit, that would mean this could have 160 GB on the same size as one RAM chip. And if they sometime release this as a storage drive, who's to say it'll need DIMM connectors at all. Maybe they'll make a new, much faster counterpart to the SATA interface?

Given that Moore's Law will come to an end in like 7 years, you can only extend for so long... This has more future potential than continuing to shrink normal transistors.

Well you practically do need to have a DIMM slot to get the advertised speed and I doubt Intel will push out a new interface for consumer electronics just to make it cheaper for individuals to have that storage technology setup. I also highly doubt that a new designed alternative to SATA interface will give comparable latencies to what a DIMM slot could offer you too ...

How do you know 3D XPoint has more potential than transistors ? I'm curious but do you know the specifications behind the technology ?


I meant 3D XPoint has more potential in the storage industry than transistors. Transistors can be improved by about 50x of what they are now (and that is being extremely generous), while this can, (at least according to Intel and Micron) reach 1000x of what current storage is at.