Not dead yet
1TB is 64 rimes the size of the current CrossPoint offerings, and we don't know abut scalability and costs for the two technologies. Give it a while yet before declaring a winner.
Resistive RAM memory tech startup Crossbar has snagged $35m in D-round funding to push the commercial ramp of its non-volatile memory (NVM) technology. Hong Kong-based Tyche Partners, China-based Oriza Holdings and unknown and possibly Hong Kong-based VC Cheerful Link joined all of Crossbar’s existing investors in the round, …
If Crossbar's specs and the high capacity (the oft-quoted 1 terabyte stamp chip) pan out, it will be better at replacing NAND than XPoint.
3D NAND has done wonders for NAND and with Intel-Micron XPoint looming they need to finally put the product on the market or let their dies die.