Intel Accelerates Data-Centric Technology with Memory and Storage Solutions

Intel highlighted its ongoing investment and commitment to advance memory and storage in the data-centric computing era. This includes providing customers with Optane technology and 3D NAND solutions for cloud, AI and network edge applications.

Among the milestones, discussed at a gathering of global influencers in Seoul, South Korea, were Intel’s plans to operate a new Optane technology development line at its facilities in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, the announcement of the second-generation of Optane DC Persistent Memory, and Intel’s industry-first demonstration of 144-layer QLC (Quad Level Cell) NAND for data center SSDs (solid-state drives), which are also expected in 2020.

“The world is generating data at an accelerating rate, and businesses are increasingly becoming overwhelmed with how to efficiently process it. Harvesting value from all this data will be critical in separating the winners from losers. It will require cutting-edge innovation in the memory-and-storage hierarchy, which is what we are driving at Intel,“ said Rob Crooke, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group.

Multiple customers are leveraging Intel memory and storage solutions, including Microsoft, which is making significant changes to its client operating system to support the many new capabilities and features that Optane delivers, such as fast boot and game loading. Intel also demonstrated its next-generation Optane technology single-port SSD for key enterprise customers, with product availability expected in 2020.