{"id":115565,"date":"2017-02-22T14:56:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T12:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=115565"},"modified":"2017-02-22T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T12:59:11","slug":"intel-unveils-system-requirements-for-optane-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/115565-intel-unveils-system-requirements-for-optane-storage","title":{"rendered":"Intel unveils system requirements for Optane storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intel <a href=\"https:\/\/www-ssl.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/architecture-and-technology\/intel-optane-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>has listed<\/strong><\/a> the system requirements of its upcoming Optane storage.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest limitation of the technology is that it can only be used with processors based on Intel\u2019s 7th-gen Kaby Lake architecture or newer.<\/p>\n<p>This means that 6th-gen Skylake processor owners will have to upgrade their CPU to use Optane storage.<\/p>\n<p>Optane drives will also require the following hardware:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel 200-series chipset<\/li>\n<li>M.2 type 2280-S1-B-M or 2242-S1-B-M<\/li>\n<li>M.2 connector must be linked to Remapped PCIe Controller in x2 or x4 configuration<\/li>\n<li>M.2 B-M keys meeting NVMe 1.1 standards<\/li>\n<li>BIOS supporting Intel Rapid Storage Technology 15.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Intel\u2019s Optane drives and memory are based on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/194040-how-ultra-fast-3d-xpoint-memory-could-revolutionise-pc-hardware.html\" target=\"_blank\">3D XPoint technology<\/a><\/strong>, which promises fast, non-volatile storage. Its potential applications include long-term storage and memory modules.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/199756-intel-reveals-system-requirements-for-optane-storage.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband <\/a><\/strong>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/196608-which-component-you-should-upgrade-next-in-your-pc.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Which component you should upgrade next in your PC<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will need a 7th-Gen Kaby Lake processor to use Intel&#8217;s Optane storage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":80223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1727,24035,8325],"class_list":["post-115565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-intel","tag-optane","tag-storage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115567,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115565\/revisions\/115567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}