We have to go back about 50 years to 1968, when Intel released its first storage solution. We are talking about the Intel 3101 memory, an SRAM static random access memory. It was the first solution, one of the various solutions presented, the culmination being the Intel X25, SSD disks for industry. The company is completely abandoning this segment.
Intel’s hard farewell to SSDs
One of Intel’s recent big bets for this segment was the 3D XPoint memories. These memories were considered as an alternative or a kind of hybrid with the RAM memory. An interesting high-performance solution but which never really took off.
Wanted Xpoint 3D Souvenirs replace ram, providing a solution that stores information even when voltage is lost. This is the problem with current RAM, that when it loses voltage, data is erased. For the home user it’s not much of a problem, but on the servers it can be a huge problem.
These memoirs were a development between Intel and MicronWho is this based the company Flash instant messaging technologies, each contributing $1.5 trillion. The first commercial solutions arrived in 2017 under the name Intel Optane. Unfortunately, it never took off and in 2019 Micron acquired the rights to this technology and part of the company from Intel for $1.5 billion.
Subsequently, in 2020, an agreement was reached between SK Hynix and Intel for to acquire the sharing of NAND Flash memories. The deal includes Intel’s NAND Flash memory components and foundry, located in Dalian, China. The deal was made at $9 billion, although Intel reserved the right to continue to market these products.
After SK Hynix acquire this division of Intel, the company a d a new company named Solidgm. This company has bundled several SSDs for the enterprise and consumer segment.
Note that in August, finally, Intel has closed its Optane division. instead of selling it. This generated a loss of approximately $559 million. Solidgm will now be in charge of technical support and service for Optane units.
Things don’t work out for them
Intel is an expert company in the manufacture of processors, they are very good in this field, but when they bet on other segments things do not work out. Optane and 3D XPoint are just two samples from a huge catalog of products that didn’t work. Above all, it is striking that Intel’s attempts to enter the graphics card market do not end well.
Larrabee, Intel’s first big attempt to break into the graphics card market was a disaster. This solution ended up being a computer acceleration solution, but for the price and performance, it didn’t garner much traction. The current Intel Arc, unfortunately, seems to come at the wrong time and with many problems. Two years ago they would have sold like hot cakes, but NVIDIA kicked in the door.
We see how the Intel Arc go unnoticed and cracks are visible. Despite quite interesting performances, there is a great lack of stock of these charts. Also, we have many doubts that these graphics will reach Europe and if they do, we will see the stock and the demand.
