Important article to read. Although, they get it only partially correct. Watch Out Intel, Here Comes Facebook Big Web operators like Facebook and Google are demanding radically different chip designs. One big beneficiary in the development of a “cloud chip” could be Micron Technology. http://www.barrons.com/articles/wat...tesla=y&mod=BOL_twm_ls?mod=BOL_hp_highlight_1
This chip can change everything: "Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. say they developed a new breed of memory chips that could bring dramatic performance gains to computers, smartphones and other kinds of high-tech products..." http://www.marketwatch.com/story/in...hip-is-1000-times-faster-than-nand-2015-07-28 But, imo they should make it highly compatible with Software Transactional Memory