News Kioxia Unveils 2nd Gen XL-Flash Storage Class Memory for Ultra-High-End SSDs

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Kioxia releases 256Gb XL-Flash storage class memory for advanced solid-state storage solutions.

Kioxia Unveils 2nd Gen XL-Flash Storage Class Memory for Ultra-High-End SSDs : Read more

 

[2Be_or_Not2Be]

Low-latency benefit, huh? I wish Kioxia, Samsung, or SK Hynix (well, they bought Intel's NAND flash biz) had bought Optane storage from Intel & kept on developing it. Low-latency was never a problem with Optane/3DXpoint.

 

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I wish Kioxia, Samsung, or SK Hynix (well, they bought Intel's NAND flash biz) had bought Optane storage from Intel & kept on developing it. Low-latency was never a problem with Optane/3DXpoint.

I say this as a fan of Optane and someone who wanted (still wants) an Optane SSD for my PC: I think what killed Optane is that they simply could not come anywhere close to competing on price.

And I don't know enough about the underlying technology, but it's entirely possible that Optane simply doesn't scale down well. I expect that if the technology truly had legs, then someone would've picked up the assets if Intel were simply unwilling or unable to continue investing in it.