Intel’s first Optane SSD: 375GB that you can also use as RAM
This is a big deal.<p>We've always made a distinction between memory and disk. Much of computer science is about algorithms that recognize the difference between slow, persistent disk and fast, volatile RAM and account for it somehow.<p>What happens if the distinction goes away? What if all data is persistent? What if we can perform calculations directly on persisted data without pulling it into RAM first?<p>My guess is that we'll start writing software very differently. It's hard for me to predict how, though.