Computer storage has been stuck in an innovation rut over the last two decades. While consumer drives have improved immensely, the fundamentals they're based on haven't changed. Computers use DRAM for ...

3D Xpoint (pronounced "crosspoint") is designed in a 3D structure, like some of the cutting-edge 3D NAND we've discussed. Unlike NAND, however, 3D Xpoint doesn't use an electrical charge to store data ...

Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. say they have begun production on a new memory technology that is 1,000 times faster than today's chips. They claim the 3D XPoint technology is a new category of ...

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Intel announced a new lineup of Broadwell-based, high-end Xeons today, the Broadwell-EX E7 v4 family. These new server processors offer up to 24 cores, 60MB of L3 cache, support for new RAS features, ...