Intel announced the new " Intel Optane Memory " has the potential to significantly increase its presence in the memory industry even in the memory industry!
First of all, when you buy a PC, what are you often sticking to and choosing? It seems that general users do not choose with CPU too much. Rather, the most obnoxious thing to worry about is whether to make models with large capacity HDDs or models with high-speed SSDs. Although the S S D model is very fast, it is a scratch on the ball that the value is stretched even with just a little capacity. But, it's slow if it's a cheap, high capacity storage model available on the HDD .
However, Optane, which is approaching a new release, can improve the operating speed outstandingly even in the HDD model, and can experience the feeling of use that makes it think that it is an SSD model. Navin Shenoy, senior vice president of Intel, is praised as "great progress in the memory industry in the past few decades ".
Now, let's briefly review the memory of the PC. Usually, RAM (Random Access Memory) is called memory. Among them, it is common to recognize that DRAM (Dynamic RAM) inserted in the PC itself increases the capacity, the one that improves the operation speed of the PC. Nevertheless, since DRAM is a volatile memory, the stored contents disappear when power is turned off. Since it can not hold stored information unless power is supplied, it is used to improve the speed by learning the user's use program, and to improve the speed from power on to PC startup not.
On the other hand, SSD belongs NAND memory, such as non-volatile memory, even if the power supply can be stored in the learning content even when turned off. However, it has the disadvantage that speed is lower than volatile memory. Compared to DRAM, the price of NAND memory is greatly improved. It would be nice to have a memory with only the merits of both volatile memory and nonvolatile memory ....
Therefore, Optane newly announced by Intel retains the memory and the data used frequently accessed, even after the power is turned off, while maintaining the high speed of DRAM. For that reason, in addition to doubling the startup speed of the PC, the introduction effect such that the startup of the browser becomes five times faster is revealed!
Also, because the biggest merit is cheap and can be mass-produced anyway if it is specified by combining Optane with HDD model, it is said to be able to enjoy high-speed feel like SSD model while providing terabyte storage. Also, if you combine the SSD model with Optane, you can achieve further speedup. This memory is based on the " 3D Xpoint " architecture the company showed off last summer .
By the way Optane is, only may be allowed next to the DRAM which has been Tsu inserted up to now, of the conventional system supercharger works like a. In other words, it works as if it is an add-on, it works as if it were nothing, but it is more convenient than it is (in the case of a PC it gets faster ). Even if Optane goes into malfunction, the system itself seems to be a principle that keeps moving without problems .
If it is, it will insert it immediately in the HDD model next to the DRAM and use it. Although I want to think so, unfortunately, somewhat stringent operating conditions are set. First of all, Optane was released on April 24 in the US, and the lineup is only for the 16 GB and 32 GB models for desktop PCs. Moreover, it is supported only by Intel's "Kaby Lake" generation processor, and it will not recognize it even if it is inserted, except for so-called O p t a n e - compatible motherboard slot. If it is not a very recent model, people in the environment that they can be used just by inserting them directly into the PC they are using now seem to be in love.
Intel, however, is aiming at spreading Optane to a large extent, and the corresponding motherboard and on-board PC will be on sale one after another. From the latter half of this year, the policies prepared for laptop computers are revealed, so it may eventually become like PC's standard memory.
First of all, is it really what we want to experience at high speed, am I right?
