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Intel has no interest in making their PC chips more affordable. They just launched a new program including video games with their mid to high end chips.
More to the point they said they expect with the launch of their new memory chips that consumers will be more then happy to continue paying a premium price.
So basically Optane memory modules will only be available for Intel equipped PC's from the sound of it. Top it off don't expect cheaper prices for Intel CPU's because Intel has a lock on Optane memory chips right now. Even though they have a co-inventor of the tech.
"One limitation of Optane Memory could be a deal-breaker for many users: Intel says Optane Memory will be tied to Kaby Lake CPUs, and not just the associated 200-series chipsets. That means, for example, if you have a Z270 motherboard with a Skylake Core i7-6700K in it, it won’t work. Intel said it wanted to limit the validation work it had to do. We’d also guess that by limiting Optane to Kaby Lake, Intel gets to eliminate supporting Windows 7 and Windows 8.1."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3184...ission-make-hard-drives-faster-than-ssds.html
More to the point they said they expect with the launch of their new memory chips that consumers will be more then happy to continue paying a premium price.
So basically Optane memory modules will only be available for Intel equipped PC's from the sound of it. Top it off don't expect cheaper prices for Intel CPU's because Intel has a lock on Optane memory chips right now. Even though they have a co-inventor of the tech.
"One limitation of Optane Memory could be a deal-breaker for many users: Intel says Optane Memory will be tied to Kaby Lake CPUs, and not just the associated 200-series chipsets. That means, for example, if you have a Z270 motherboard with a Skylake Core i7-6700K in it, it won’t work. Intel said it wanted to limit the validation work it had to do. We’d also guess that by limiting Optane to Kaby Lake, Intel gets to eliminate supporting Windows 7 and Windows 8.1."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3184...ission-make-hard-drives-faster-than-ssds.html