ServeTheHome got up close and personal with Optane DC Persistent Memory in an article posted yesterday, removing the heat spreaders and taking a look at (and several photos of) the components within.
Intel Optane Persistent Memory DDR4 module, front view (via ServeTheHome)
"We are going to take a 128GB Intel Optane Persistent Memory DDR4 module, and open it up. Until now, Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory has mostly been photographed with its big black heat spreader. We ended up with a handful of modules not from Intel, nor a system provider, but a handful to use."
Among their notes we have this interesting find, as SK.Hynix is the provider of the module's DRAM, rather than Micron:
"On the other side of the module from the Optane controller is a DDR4 DRAM module, this one from SK.Hynix. Model number H5AN4G8NAFR-TFC. We are not sure why Intel would not use a Micron module here since Micron has been the manufacturing partner for 3D XPoint thus far."
Intel Optane Persistent Memory DDR4 module, rear view (via ServeTheHome)
The full article is available here from STH and includes an embed of this video covering their de-lidding and chip exploration process:
I’m guessing those of us on
I’m guessing those of us on x299 i9 7980Xe rigs aren’t going to get to use these? Is micron going to release there Quantex Optane in 2019 or have they given up on it. Was hoping to overhaul my storage system on my rig. But if this and its eventual consumer version are going to be locked to only latest Intel I’ll be trading my Asus Apex x299 i9 7980Xe Rig for a threadripper 2 build in new year.