Z270 motheboards and Intel Optane

[sblantipodi]

Hi,
all new Z270 motherboards supports Intel Optane.

As far as I read on the intel site optane will merge storage and system memory in one device.
A unique device that will be able to handle storage and system memory, big as NAND storage, non volatile as NAND but fast as DRAM.

This is a big step in technology, but are we so close to this step?
Is this real?

Z270 supports optane but where are the devices that supports this technology?
Is there an operating system that supports this yet?

 

[Bandalo]

Other than as a really fast SSD, I can't see where this would have any real use in a non-server environment.