{"slug": "intel-optane-persistent-memory-300-series-crow-pass", "title": "Intel Optane Persistent Memory 300 Series \"Crow Pass\"", "summary": "Engineering samples of Intel's unreleased Optane Persistent Memory 300 Series 'Crow Pass' modules have surfaced on eBay, with multiple active listings for the NMC2XAD512GQS part. The modules were part of Intel's final persistent memory roadmap before the company discontinued Optane, as detailed in leaked specifications reported by Tom's Hardware. Enthusiasts have previously built systems using earlier Optane persistent memory for large language model inference, suggesting potential interest in these samples.", "body_md": "So, I was wandering. around eBay looking at business surplus, as one does, and I found some engineering samples. [https://www.ebay.com/itm/227477589287](https://www.ebay.com/itm/227477589287) [https://www.ebay.com/itm/389501380837](https://www.ebay.com/itm/389501380837) Several active listings. [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=NMC2XAD512GQS](https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=NMC2XAD512GQS)\n\nSome leaked specifications [Optane's Last Gasp: Intel's Final Persistent Memory Roadmap Leaks | Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-optane-last-gasp) I wonder what might have been.\n\nIt would be an interesting headline to do something like this optane llm build [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1taeg8h/computer_build_using_intel_optane_persistent/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/intel-optane-persistent-memory-300-series-crow-pass", "canonical_source": "https://forum.level1techs.com/t/intel-optane-persistent-memory-300-series-crow-pass/253952#post_1", "published_at": "2026-08-17 02:42:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-17 04:11:11.088726+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Intel", "Optane Persistent Memory 300 Series", "Crow Pass", "NMC2XAD512GQS", "Tom's Hardware", "eBay"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/intel-optane-persistent-memory-300-series-crow-pass", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/intel-optane-persistent-memory-300-series-crow-pass.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/intel-optane-persistent-memory-300-series-crow-pass.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/intel-optane-persistent-memory-300-series-crow-pass.jsonld"}}