They're reasonable sizes for caches, though SSD caching doesn't have much appeal these days since TLC drives are so cheap. I'm hoping that they decide to go beyond 128GB for the 815P, but I expect we'll be disappointed.
I'd assume that you want to cache your T[or Q]LC drive, although it isn't clear that the overhead will be worth it. A more plausible choice would be as a swap drive for large (probably numerical) computation, when >32GB isn't enough but more gets really expensive (especially the motherboard [DDR3 + used server may also work well]).
On the other hand, most 1TB T[Q]LC SSDs have at least 64GB pseudo-SLC, so it makes it pretty hard to justify either.
"Adding two more PCIe lanes without increasing the controller package size isn't too hard," Also this is just a (kinda) educated guess but I bet there is a decent chance the controller package already was designed around 2 or 4 lines originally. So things like pins for 2 additional PCIe lanes and such already existed on current 2 lane M10 controller's.
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Chaitanya - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
Meh is an understatement when it comes to these M15 and M10.ArizonaSteve - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
Meh is an understatement when it comes to Intel in general.shabby - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
Go home intel you're drunk with those paltry sizes.Billy Tallis - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
They're reasonable sizes for caches, though SSD caching doesn't have much appeal these days since TLC drives are so cheap. I'm hoping that they decide to go beyond 128GB for the 815P, but I expect we'll be disappointed.wumpus - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
I'd assume that you want to cache your T[or Q]LC drive, although it isn't clear that the overhead will be worth it. A more plausible choice would be as a swap drive for large (probably numerical) computation, when >32GB isn't enough but more gets really expensive (especially the motherboard [DDR3 + used server may also work well]).On the other hand, most 1TB T[Q]LC SSDs have at least 64GB pseudo-SLC, so it makes it pretty hard to justify either.
msabercr - Thursday, June 6, 2019 - link
I think you're looking for the 905P 380GB m.2 221105080 - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
Where is Intel's M.2 PCIe 4.0 Optane Memory for AMD's X570 chipset?Casper42 - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
They have Bigger fish to fry...https://www.anandtech.com/show/14183/intel-to-alig...
Skeptical123 - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
"Adding two more PCIe lanes without increasing the controller package size isn't too hard," Also this is just a (kinda) educated guess but I bet there is a decent chance the controller package already was designed around 2 or 4 lines originally. So things like pins for 2 additional PCIe lanes and such already existed on current 2 lane M10 controller's.