Intel lately introduced that it is going to be discontinuing all of its Optane-only SSDs for markets. Extra surprisingly, the chipmaker additionally introduced that there are not any replacements for stated SSDs.
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To be exact, the discontinued SSDs embody the Optane Reminiscence M10, 800P, 900P, and 905P SSDs, the latter having launched greater than two years prior. As to why Intel selected to discontinue it, the corporate defined that it just about plans on specializing in pushing for its new Optane Reminiscence H20 with SSD for its focused market section.
On that notice, one of many foremost points of interest for the Optane Reminiscence H20 collection is that it makes use of Intel’s new 144-layer QLC 3DNAND expertise, permitting the element to accommodate 32GB of Optane Reminiscence and a selection of 512GB or 1TB of storage. Whereas additionally with the ability to preserve NVMe Gen3 speeds. The one downside proper now, nevertheless, is that Optane Reminiscence H20 is primarily designed to work with skinny and lightweight, high-performance laptops, and never desktop techniques for now.
On one other notice, the discontinuation interval of Intel’s Optane Reminiscence SSDs could be very, very transient. Particularly, the order date was merely a couple of days in the past – 15 January – whereas the final cargo date for all three collection can be 26 February 2021.
One more reason behind Intel’s discontinuation may be contributed to Intel’s sale of its NAND enterprise to the South Korean chipmaker, SK Hynix, whereas nonetheless retaining the Optane Reminiscence portion of it. It’s not a shocking determination, given each the individuality and exclusivity of Intel’s 3D XPoint expertise.
(Supply: Tom’s {Hardware})
