Lol, looks like Linus actually inspired them. I mean with the whole DDR industry acting corruptly to keep prices sky high, this seems like a reasonable way to add some competition.
Considering Intel's history, I wouldn't bet they direct their efforts based on a YouTube reviewer.
Also, considering Intels very anti-competitive behavior (e.g [0], [1], [2]), I am wary of stating Intel entering the DDR industry will make it any less corrupt.
[0]: https://www.theverge.com/2014/6/12/5803442/intel-nearly-1-an... [1]: https://www.wired.com/2009/12/ftc-sues-intel-for-anti-compet... [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osSMJRyxG0k
Eh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_1103
RAM was their 1xxx product line, EPROM was 2xxx, microprocessors 4xxx (later 8xxx, what with 8 glorious bits of data bus ...)
How so? Point to the quote?
Persistent memory is something that Intel has been working on for at least 5 years (https://github.com/pmem), and given that that's the public face of the software side of it, they were likely starting to develop the hardware even earlier.