Optane memory

One of the things at Intel’s IDF last week was Optane 3D Xpoint memory. It sounds very interesting, I’m still not sure of the firmware “RAMifications”:

There are multiple news sites that provide detailed background on Optane:

http://www.theplatform.net/2015/08/18/intel-reveals-plans-for-optane-3d-xpoint-memory/

http://forwardthinking.pcmag.com/none/337065-intel-details-3d-xpoint-memory-future-products

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin/2015/08/21/optane-drives-future-intel-processors/

https://thestack.com/data-centre/2015/08/20/intel-optane-will-use-new-3d-xpoint-memory/