Modern SSDs are great, but Intel's discontinued alternative could have been the future

If you wanted the space of a hard drive, but the speed of an SSD, there weren't many options. Intel aimed to change that with ...
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Intel’s Optane: What users can expect in PCs and when it will ship

Intel is known for cranking up PC speeds to new highs, and it’s doing the same for storage with the super fast Optane. Optane, which Intel claims will replace today’s SSDs and DRAM, is exciting for ...
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Optane 101: Memory or storage? Yes.

But what exactly is Optane, and what is it good for? (Analytics and AI, to name two major use cases.) If you’re not feeling up to speed, don’t worry. We’ll have you covered on all the basics in the ...
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The forgotten Intel drive that was faster than any SSD

For years, Intel Optane seemed destined to reshape how we store data in computers. It promised to bridge the gap between blazing-fast RAM and practical storage, with latency and consistency that ...