STORAGE MORE SPACE, FASTER DRIVES, ALL FOR LESS MONEY
Whither Z-NAND and Optane? This will be a key question in 2020 for solid-state storage. Z-NAND and Optane are respectively Samsung and Intel’s next-gen persistent memory technologies, intended to improve upon conventional flash memory. Both are already available, but they’re expensive, and arguably don’t quite deliver on the lofty expectations created by marketing pitches.
Intel will release its second-gen Optane tech in 2020 and it looks like a zinger. Code-named Alder Stream when applied to SSDs, as opposed to
