But will this go the way of a “non core” product like Optane (or modems for that matter?)
This is not a drastically different technology like optane - it's almost solely a packaging change. It's applicable to exactly the same markets as normal DRAM, so if it dies customers will just switch to whatever DRAM variant wins instead.
This is not a drastically different technology like optane - it's almost solely a packaging change. It's applicable to exactly the same markets as normal DRAM, so if it dies customers will just switch to whatever DRAM variant wins instead.