By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="616" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg-1024x616.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Intel's 3D XPoint (Optane) DIMM module." loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg-452x272.jpg 452w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg-768x462.jpg 768w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg-1080x650.jpg 1080w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg.jpg 1240w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">Memory modules using Intel’s 3D XPoint technology are arriving, and engineers at NC State have already figured out how to speed them up with a new method.
