Intel Kills Off All Optane-Only SSDs for Consumers, No Replacements Planned

guest · Jan 17, 2021

Intel Kills Off All Optane-Only SSDs for Consumers, No Replacements Planned
All Optane SSDs for desktop PCs discontinued
January 16, 2021
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/i...ly-ssds-for-consumers-no-replacements-planned

In a surprising move with little fanfare, Intel announced that it is discontinuing all of its Optane-only SSDs for the consumer market. Surprisingly, the company says those drives aren't going to see Optane-only replacements, apparently marking the end of its enthusiast-geared Optane SSDs for desktop PCs.

Intel discontinued the Optane Memory M10, 800P, 900P, and 905P SSDs, representing the entirety of its Optane-only family for desktop PCs. Intel's 900P and 905P discontinuation notice states:

"Intel will not provide a new large capacity Optane Memory SSD as a transition product for the client market segment. Intel will focus on the new Optane Memory H20 with Solid State Storage for the client market segment."
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Given the demise of the consumer-focused Optane drives, it appears that Intel will rely upon its enterprise-class Optane drives to address all professional segments, including the workstation market. Intel currently doesn't manufacture Optane memory in high volumes – it simply purchases the underlying 3D XPoint memory from Micron. As of yet, Micron doesn't have any 3D XPoint SSDs or DIMMs on the market.

Intel traditionally doesn't discontinue products until its new models are already shipping. We've followed up with Intel for more detail and will update as necessary.
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