Intel optane dimm offers competitive latency against ram memory

Intel's Intel Optane technology has been one of the most exciting on the storage market in recent years, offering performance features that sit between DRAM and NAND, with the ability to shake up the PC market in a new way. A new step in this direction has been taken with Optane DIMM.

Optane DIMM is one step closer to replacing DRAM

Optane is currently too fast and hampered by PCIe lanes, NVMe drivers, and other solutions that stand between the memory itself and the processors. One of Optane's key benefits is its low read and write latency, which makes it more beneficial to place Optane as close to the processor as possible. So Intel wants to put its Optane memory in DIMMs similar to DDR4, giving its Optane DIMM memory more direct access to the processor.

We recommend reading our article on How to install MySQL in Windows 10 step by step

Intel has stated that its Optane-based SSDs have an average read latency of approximately 10, 000 nanoseconds, while its Optane DIMM models will offer an average read latency of 350 nanoseconds. This represents a 28.5-fold improvement in average read latencies, placing Optane DIMMs at performance levels that are respectably close to DRAM, which generally offers latencies of less than 100 nanoseconds.

At this time, Intel's Optane DIMMs require specialized, server-limited hardware configurations to function properly. Intel certainly has plans to distribute this technology to the consumer market in the future, especially if they can get operating systems to start natively taking advantage of non-volatile DRAM alternatives.

It is even possible that Optane may be able to replace DRAM in many low-end configurations, where increased DRAM performance is not necessary, and Optane's non-volatile nature could be beneficial.

Overclock3d font