In a press release on the announcement of the results of the first quarter, Intel mentioned the fact that Optane family drives entered the market, although in nominal terms the business of manufacturing all types of solid-state memory still provides only 5.8% of total revenue , and at the level of operating activity there is at all Unprofitable. However, the last fact can be attributed to the need for significant capital investment, which Intel representatives do quietly when discussing this issue.
According to the head of Intel, in the coming years the popularity of Optane-type drives will grow, especially in the segment of data centers. There will be new products using memory such as 3D XPoint. Intel management continues to maintain that memory of this type combines the energy independence and speed of RAM with the price level between DRAM and NAND. Over time, Intel's revenue share generated by 3D XPoint memory will increase noticeably.