Intel has new and better SSD chips

[Geek-9pm]

The Intel news release is also reviewed on PCWorld, Gismo and TechRadar.
Here is the story from Gizmo::
https://gizmodo.com/intel-invented-the-ssd-killer-of-the-future-and-its-so-1823598400

This thing flies. The machine I’ve I installed it in is already positively loaded: It’s got Intel’s latest 6-core i7 processor, an Nvidia 1080 graphics card, and a whole mess of RAM. But this little stick of storage makes everything even faster. Intel’s Optane 800P storage is likely some of the fastest storage you can buy. It’s also incredibly expensive—think three-and-a-half-times more expensive than an SSD. Yet the Intel Optane 800P is hardly just another storage drive. Computing on the bleeding edge will cost you.

For more links search for:
Intel 800P Optane SSD
 

[strollin]

I chuckle to myself when I read about how expensive SSDs are.  I paid $500 for my first HDD in 1986.  It was a 20MB Seagate ST-225 which worked out to $25 per MB.  I don't consider $1.69 per GB particularly expensive although it is certainly more expensive than other forms of storage.

[patio]

Perspective...

[strollin]

I remember most of that stuff!