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Intel's 3D memory is 1,000 times faster than modern storage

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BoombasticSloth wrote: Thanks for the great post, OP. Exciting stuff!
Very exciting,

I can't even imagine the possibilities if what is speculated is remotely true...

We could be in for some VERY small form factor, incredibly powerful machines soon.
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System memory and storage all in one and far better than current memory performance. No lag while the CPU loads since it can all be in system memory all the time. Pretty awesome.
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1000 times faster? Geez. Just release a 10 x faster and I will be damn happy. There's just so many cool technologies I'm still waiting for especially graphene.
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Exactly! Call me when it actually gets to market 1000x faster than all the other vaporware.

We'll be able to power it with all the 10x better batteries we should be getting real soon now according to the twice-monthly announcements of breakthrough battery technologies. :)
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JamesA1 wrote: Exactly! Call me when it actually gets to market 1000x faster than all the other vaporware.

We'll be able to power it with all the 10x better batteries we should be getting real soon now according to the twice-monthly announcements of breakthrough battery technologies. :)
You don't think battery tech isn't being attacked aggressively right now? Probably the hottest market for improvement as everything will be battery operated/powered VERY soon. that stuff is worth fortunes I know its a race for the best right now in R&D

this isn't going to hit market for a long time, but it seems they realized a breakthrough they sort of looked over for a long time with this 3d stacking. nothing crazy manufacturing wise.
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The promise of 3D stacking has been around for decades now, frequently the subject of promising experimental prototypes, never cost-effective enough to manufacture since Moore's Law was giving sufficient 2D improvements (double every 24 months). But lately it looks like the 24 months in Moore's Law is stretching out to 30 months, so it may finally be reaching the improvement limits available in 2D. The time for 3D might be coming.

As for batteries, prototype improvements are easy - that's why there's so many of them. Manufacturing is hard. That's why we aren't getting any actual significant improvements. Don't expect that to change any time soon.
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This has already been known. It's coming out on the Purley Platform (Skylake CPU server platform). The platform uses the Apache Pass memory platform (what is basically what this is). It's a hybrid memory platform in which the 12 memory slots can be filled with either traditional DDR4 RAM sticks or hybrid DDR4+HMC sticks which I believe was announced to be available in upto 800GB capacity each. Purley is about a year away from market so I wouldn't expect to see this in traditional desktop/laptop for 2-3 years.

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LEXX911 wrote: 1000 times faster? Geez. Just release a 10 x faster and I will be damn happy. There's just so many cool technologies I'm still waiting for especially graphene.
It will save something to storage even before you press SAVE. :)
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