Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2016

[Jorge-Vieira]

2016 Intel Developers Forum Shenzhen Delivers the Next Generation of Amazing Experiences

The 2016 Intel Developers Forum in Shenzhen, China, opened April 13. The gathering of developers who will bring the next generations of amazing experiences to life ran two days.
Three Intel executives presented keynote addresses during the conference:

• Ian Yang, Intel Corporate vice president and president of Intel China
• Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Data Center Group
• Navin Shenoy, corporate vice president and general manager of Intel’s Client Computing Group

At the keynotes and on the conference center floor, event participants experienced how the boundaries of computing are expanding as billions of smart and connected devices, new data-rich services, and cloud apps fueled by the Internet of Things deliver new and exciting experiences.

Noticia:
https://newsroom.intel.com/chip-shot...g-experiences/

[Jorge-Vieira]

Intel Optane Demo Shows 2GB/s File Transfers At IDF Shenzhen

This week at IDF Shenzhen, Rob Crooke, Intel vice president for the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group (NSG), joined Ian Yang, president of Intel China, on stage to talk about Intel’s advances in storage memory, including 3D NAND and Intel Optane technology using 3D XPoint non-volatile memory media. Intel has uploaded more than an hour of content from the show that can be watched below. The Intel Optane demonstration begins at the 47:45 mark and ends around 55:30.






During the keynote, Rob showed a new demonstration of the speed that future Intel Optane SSDs can deliver while transferring files – moving a 25 GB video file in 15 seconds. The test was done on a pair of identical systems other than one running an SSD with traditional NAND Flash memory and the other running 3D XPoint in a prototype Intel Optane series drive. Normally it takes about 1 minute to move the file, but thanks to 3D Xpoint it takes just 15 seconds at nearly 2.00 GB/s!

image: http://www.legitreviews.com/wp-conte...rk-645x289.jpg

This performance was on an early prototype drive, so it could possibly get even faster! Intel believes that 3D XPoint will bring dramatic reductions in loading times and file transfer times!

Noticia:
http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-optane-demo-shows-2gbs-file-transfers-idf-shenzhen_180877#buw3cgEQmBtdxutC.99










Intel demos 3D XPoint Optane file copy operations at 2GB/s

The Intel Developer Forum, IDF 2016, in Shenzhen, China wrapped up yesterday. One of the highlights of the conference was an on-stage demonstration of Intel Optane technology. Rob Crooke, Intel VP for Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group (NSG), joined Ian Yang, President of Intel China, to show Intel Optane tech leveraged in a Thunderbolt 3 backup device. Crooke and Yang demonstrated the world of difference in backing up TLC-based SATA SSD based systems compared to Intel Optane tech based systems.

According to Tom's Hardware the comparison backup systems were as follows:

• NAND SSD System: A PC with two Intel SATA SSDs transferred a movie from the host machine to a Thunderbolt 3-connected device using another Intel SATA SSD. The devices 'likely' utilised Intel's recently announced SSD 540 or 5400 Series business-class drives.
• Optane SSD System: Host and destination devices used Optane memory technology, and the devices were connected by Thunderbolt 3.

Interestingly Tom's Hardware expects Optane technology to make your PC "into an instant booting device like a tablet or cell phone," but my PC already boots up faster than any tablet or smartphone I've had. I think the fastest booting devices I've owned are an Atari ST and Nintendo DS.

The headline difference in performance you can see in the graphic above. The Optane technology based system and device transfer speeds trounce their NAND SSD opponents. Intel Optane movie data transfer performance approaches 2GB/s.





However the test wasn't very fair with the NAND SSD system being hobbled by its SATA interface drives while Intel Optane SSDs were "using PCIe x4 NVMe" interfaces, according to PCPer. The same tech news site notes that Intel's own P3700 NAND 1.6TB SSD product can also achieve 2GB/s transfers. Rather Optane's strength lies in its random IOPS, as shown in earlier technology demonstrations. Nevertheless it's good to see more demonstrations of Intel Optane across various applications, as it gets nearer to market availability.

Noticia:
http://hexus.net/tech/news/storage/9...erations-2gbs/