3D Xpoint memory 1,000 times faster than current SSD

[oblique strategies]

Intel and Micron today announced 3D Xpoint, a new class of memory that the companies are calling a "major breakthrough in memory process technology." 3D Xpoint (pronounced cross point) is said to be up to 1,000 times faster and more durable than the NAND Flash storage that's currently used in mobile devices and solid state drives. It's the first new memory chip to come to the market in 25 years.

Intel and Micron say that 3D Xpoint was built to create a non-volatile, high-performance high-capacity storage and memory solution that was also affordable. In addition to being faster than NAND Flash, it's also 10 times denser than the DRAM chips used in computers, which means much more data can be stored closer to the processor and accessed quickly.

A smartphone equipped with 3D Xpoint technology would potentially see much faster performance than a smartphone using existing technology. 3D Xpoint is also versatile -- fast enough to replace DRAM and stable enough to be used for long term storage. Initial capacity is 128 Gigabits (16GB) per die across two memory layers, but future generations of the 3D Xpoint will be able to increase the number of memory layers to improve system capacities.



More:
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/28/int ... nt-memory/

[TomViolenz]

A more detailed analysis of this on Arstechnica:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/ ... echnology/

And as usual on arstechnica very informative reader comments too, which go in to much more educated speculation.

And speculation is all we have at the moment, because the details given in the presentation were very sparse.

[Airyck]

Sounds very cool but I'm sure a new bottleneck will present itself; probably in the form of processing power. One step at a time though