Intel optane dc, second generation announced with 144-layer nand

The second- generation Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory, codenamed “Barlow Pass, ” has been announced and is scheduled for release in 2020 with Intel's next-generation Xeon Scalable processor.

Second Generation Intel Optane DC Drives Announced

Second-generation Intel Optane DC will make use of 144-layer Quad Level Cell (NLC) technology for data center SSDs, scheduled for 2020.

The Intel team has shown some slides showing the benefits of the 144-layer modules and the 4 bits per cell that can be stored using QLC technology. Thus improving performance.

The company comments that Intel Optane DC is placed between DRAM, which is not large enough, and SSDs that are not fast enough. That's where these Intel Optane DC hybrid drives are placed.

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Hard drives are stagnant in terms of read and write speed in data centers, that's where the combination of Intel Optane technology plus QLC NAND comes into play. In summary, Intel Optane is a unique combination of materials, structure, and performance that other current memory and storage technologies cannot match at the moment, acting as persistent memory.

Intel also showed off its Optane-based SSDs, which would also be slated for next year for key business customers, who would be none other than the replacement for the 660p model. We will keep you informed.