On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 at 22:46, Louis LaBrunda <Lou at keystone-software.com> wrote:
>
> I hadn't heard much about the memory a while.  Searching now I see that 256GB goes for about $1900 and 512GB for $9000,
> not cheap.  If the prices come down and the size goes up, it would be a great object database with all the ease of
> accessing the data (objects) via Smalltalk.

I don't know where you are looking but those figures look *wildly* off to me.

A tiny 16GB disk is $20:

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Optane-Memory-Module-MEMPEK1W016GA/dp/B07CGYTXQK/

A bigger 256GB one only $99:

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-760P-256GB-80mm-PCIe/dp/B078VBL3T9/

Intel also offers NVDIMM modules but those do not currently appear on Amazon.

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/259155-micron-launches-new-nand-based-dimms-intel-announces-optane-dimms

https://techunplugged.io/2020/07/03/intel-announces-2nd-gen-optane-persistent-memory-modules/


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