Persistent memory is going to a big thing in the cloud computing space in the coming years. Without an answer to Optane AMD is going to have a tough time competing with Intel.
That is assuming Optane is the only Persistent Memory solution. Micron, Samsung, all have something similar ( whether it is by technological design or function ) in the work.
Optane used to be very attractive when it promised all the performance at cheaper than DRAM price. But now DRAM price has sunk, and we will have to see whether 2nd gen Optane will deliver what Intel promised.
Persistent memory can greatly reduce application start-up time. In SaaS usage that's pretty important. Downtime during software updates is a big headache.
Optane used to be very attractive when it promised all the performance at cheaper than DRAM price. But now DRAM price has sunk, and we will have to see whether 2nd gen Optane will deliver what Intel promised.