Intel puts an end to Optane
Intel will no longer manufacture or develop Optane drives. CEO Pat Gelsinger confirmed that Intel is ending its Optane business unit.
Optane memory is slower than RAM, but cost-effective for some applications. Intel sold its first Optane drives in 2015. The business unit disappointed over the y... Read more
Micron is done with 3D XPoint and is selling its factory
After almost a decade of investments and slow progress, Micron announced on Tuesday that it is ending its involvement in the development of 3D XPoint, a non-volatile memory technology, which was originally developed in partnership with Intel.
As it stops all research & development on 3D XPoi... Read more
Oracle unveils Exedata Cloud Service for extreme workloads
The new generation Exadata Database Cloud Service offers speed, low latency and robust scalability for even the most load intensive applications.
Oracle announced its new generation of Oracle Exadata Cloud Service. The service is based on the Exadata X8M platform and is designed to help customer... Read more
NetApp presents MAX Data solution in combination with persistent memory
NetApp has released version 1.3 of its Memory Accelerated Data (MAX Data) solution, which can be combined with Optane DC persistent memory from Intel. This is, according to the vendor, the first storage solution that uses persistent memory.
According to the network, storage and cloud specialist, the... Read more