Intel Optane DIMM: 512 GB at close to 8,000 US dollars

You have it backwards, Micron bought out Intel's portion of the JV with Intel retaining all the rights to technology from gen 1 of 3D Xpoint but any subsequent generation will require Intel to license the technology.

More likely than not, the reason the price is so high is that there is only 1 fab in the entire world that can make 3D Xpoint and until that comes up to full production, there will be a supply shortage and retailers will try to charge whatever they can. Micron said they will release their own 3D Xpoint products later this year or early next year.

 

d'oh this happens with aging

 

From a malware perspective I think this is cool.

Just saying ...