Intel claims its new memory tech will usher in 8K gaming

Most of us aren’t playing games anywhere near a 4K resolution, but this hasn’t stopped Intel and Micron from claiming they’ve made a breakthrough that will enable us to enjoy 8K gaming.

Intel and Micron are two of the biggest companies in the semiconductor space, and today they shared an announcement that they have started production on a new category of computer memory. Called 3D XPoint, this next generation of memory increases speeds upto 1,000-times faster than NAND, which is the memory most commonly used in computers today. Put simply, this tech will enable processors to access huge bulks of information at rates we haven’t seen before.