Intel Optane SSDs and memory have been slow to take off in the market. The 3D XPoint-based storage class memory's high price has dampened user interest since Intel came out with its first Optane SSDs ...

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 ...

RIP Optane, gone but not forgotten ...

3D XPoint technology is branded as Intel Optane and Micron QuantX by the companies that co-developed the memory chips used in the technology. 3D XPoint is a phase-change memory architecture that ...