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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

The Intel Optane SSD 800p (58GB & 118GB) Review: Almost The Right Size [anandtech.com]

Intel's first Optane products hit the market almost a year ago, putting the much-awaited 3D XPoint memory in the hands of consumers. Today, Intel broadens that family with the Optane SSD 800p, pushing the Optane brand closer to the mainstream.

The new Optane SSD 800p is an M.2 NVMe SSD using Intel's 3D XPoint memory instead of flash memory. The 800p is based on the same hardware platform as last year's Optane Memory M.2 [anandtech.com] drive, which was intended primarily for caching purposes (but could also be used as a boot drive with a sufficiently small operating system). That means the 800p uses a PCIe 3 x2 link and Intel's first-generation 3D XPoint memory—but more of it, with usable capacities of 58GB and 118GB compared to just 16GB and 32GB from last year's Optane Memory. The PCB layout has been tweaked and the sticker on the drive no longer has a foil layer to act as a heatspreader, but the most significant design changes are to the drive firmware, which now supports power management including a low power idle state.

Also at ZDNet [zdnet.com].

Previously: First Intel Optane 3D XPoint SSD Released: 375 GB for $1520 [soylentnews.org]
Intel Announces Optane 16 GB and 32 GB M.2 Modules [soylentnews.org]
Intel Announces the Optane SSD 900P: Cheaper 3D XPoint for Desktops [soylentnews.org]

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