Intel and Micron announced the start of production of a new class of non-volatile memory for the first time in 25 years. According to the developers, the technology of 3D Point ensures a thousand times higher data rates compared to standard NAND.

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Intel and Micron announced the start of production of a new class of non-volatile memory for the first time in 25 years. According to the developers, the technology of 3D Point ensures a thousand times higher data rates compared to standard NAND.

In Intel stressed that the XPoint 3D technology was created from scratch. Used in the new cross-memory architecture creates three-dimensional "chessboard" on which memory cells are placed at the intersection of numeric lines and bit lines, allowing independently to perform addressing. As a result, data can be recorded and read in small sizes, resulting in a more rapid and efficient process read/write.

in Addition to high speed, created on the basis of 3D Point memory a thousand times more durable than NAND, and has a 10 times higher density of the components.

advantages of 3D XPoint can improve the user experience when working with the computer. Volatility technology also allows you to use it for data storage with low latency — the data is not erased when the device is off. Researchers in the field of medicine will be able in real time to process and analyze large amounts of data, speeding up the execution of complex scientific problems, including the analysis of the human genome and monitoring of the disease.

3D XPoint has a cruciform structure. Perpendicular to the conductors unite 128 billion memory cells, each of which stores one bit of data. This allows to achieve high density and speed. The cells are placed in several layers. While technology allows you to store 128GB on one crystal for two layers of memory. In the future it will be possible to increase the number of layers to scale capacity.

Access and read/write information in the memory cells is carried out by changing the value of voltage sent to each selector. This eliminates the need to use transistors.

Trial shipments of products based on XPoint 3D will begin this year. The ultimate cost of such a memory for consumers are not yet available.