Intel cancels its core processor packages with optane modules

Last year Intel released a special package of i5 +, i7 + and i9 + processors that came with 16GB Optane modules to use alongside any hard drive like ultra-fast cache memory. This week Intel has announced that these packages are to be discontinued.

Intel had released eighth-generation processor packages with Optane modules last year.

Intel's Core + products include a 16GB Optane Accelerator Drive with its 8th generation processors, where its ultrafast memory is expected to act as an XPoint cache for a secondary storage medium, such as a hard drive. Unfortunately, while Optane has found some success in the laptop market, it has not been widely adopted in the desktop market.

Discontinued due to lack of demand

This week, Intel has announced that its i7 + 8700, i5 + 8400 and i5 + 8500 processors are to be discontinued due to lack of demand. This means that these processors will no longer be available in the near future, and Intel states that orders for these processors will be shipped "while supplies last, " and that final orders will be available until September 30, 2019, assuming Intel has stock by then.

Optane's SSDs offer performance levels that fall somewhere between RAMDISK and traditional NAND storage, offering extremely high levels of performance at low latencies. Optane's main problem is its high cost per GB, which makes it unsuitable as a primary storage system.

It appears that Intel's strategy has failed and Optane's adoption has not been as rapid as they had hoped. Perhaps when costs drop further, they can try again successfully.

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