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Intel Confirms It Will Ship 160GB Flash Drives

Lucas123 writes "Intel has confirmed plans to ship a new line of solid-state drives for laptop and notebook PCs with storage capacities of 80GB to 160GB. While it did not lock in a ship date, Intel told Computerworld that the drives would be available in the second quarter. From the story: 'An aggressive move into the laptop and PC notebook flash disk drive business would catapult Intel into direct competition with hard drive manufacturers such as Toshiba Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. that are trying to spark demand before their SATA-based offerings are released in the coming months.'"

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  1. Hmm.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I call your mother the "160GB flash drive." That can't be just a co-incidence.

  2. Bummer. by RandoX · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought this was an announcement for a 160 gig USB thumb drive. Not that I could afford it anyway.

  3. Re:I for one... by calebt3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why? A solid-state overlord is not much more than a geometric rock.

  4. Re:Will never be cheaper by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Um sorry I was a sleep for 40 years and I just woke up... This Internet thing is pritty cool...

    But the Difficulty of fabricating Magnetic Memory is magnitutes more diffucly compared to punching holes in some cardstock. So there will always a need for Punchcards.

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  5. XYZ-byte Solid-State inevitable by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm here today to announce the future availability of 10TB solid-state drives.

    Pricing, manufacturing, and delivery date will be announced at a later date.

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    1. Re:XYZ-byte Solid-State inevitable by orielbean · · Score: 3, Funny

      It will ship with Duke Nukem.

    2. Re:XYZ-byte Solid-State inevitable by Shinmizu · · Score: 5, Funny

      He said terabyte, not yottabyte. You're jumping the gun a bit there.

  6. Re:I'm curious... by nuzak · · Score: 2, Funny

    Plus, anything called a "Magnetic Vortex Core Drive" is a damn cool piece of hardware to own.

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  7. Indeed by SnoopJeDi · · Score: 4, Funny

    More proof that competing companies are good for consumers


    Quite so. I daresay this capitalism business is catching on rather quickly.
  8. Re:But can I afford them yet? by Tony+Shepps · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think the technologies have advanced enough that the modern hard drive should not be called a "winchester drive". The name actually referenced a specific model of IBM hard drive manufactured in 1973... with a capacity of 35 MB.