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A comment on Intel's roadmap for Optane SSDs with 1,000x performance. Parent comment

Re:Intel's roadmap for Optane SSDs with 1,000x performance by toomuchtodo on Monday June 13, 2016 @04:15PM (#11897188)
DRAM doesn't wear though. Depending on your use case, you might not care if RAM is ephemeral. It just needs to be fast.
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Re:Intel's roadmap for Optane SSDs with 1,000x performance by loeg on Monday June 13, 2016 @04:26PM (#11897280)
Yes, that's true (wear). Still, if 3d xpoint is durable enough and cheap/fast, it goes a long way towards obsoleting DRAM.
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