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What makes Intel Optane stand out (2023)

https://blog.zuthof.nl/2023/06/02/what-makes-intel-optane-stand-out/
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walterbell | parent | next
Related: "High-bandwidth flash progress and future" (15 comments), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46700384

In an era of RAM shortages and quarterly price increases, Optane remains viable for swap and CPU/GPU cache.

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newsclues | parent
in an era of shortages, if there was an optane factory today ready to print money...
walterbell | root | parent
Secondary market surplus pricing (~$1/GB) value accrues to the buyer..
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I’m still sad they discontinued them. What’s the alternative now does anything come close?
walterbell | parent
Small sizes are on secondary market for ~$1/GB.
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FpUser | parent | next
I feel sorry about the situation. From my perspective Optane was a godsend for databases. I was contemplating building a system. Could've been a pinnacle of vertical scalability for cheap.
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