Intel 34nm SSDs Lower Prices, Raise Performance

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 23, 2009 @04:38AM from the getting-better dept.

Vigile writes "When Intel's consumer line of solid state drives were first introduced late in 2008, they impressed reviewers with their performance and reliability. Intel gained a lot of community respect by addressing some performance degradation issues found at PC Perspective by quickly releasing an updated firmware that solved those problems and then some. Now Intel has its second generation of X25-M drives available, designated by a "G2" in the model name. The SSDs are technically very similar though they use 34nm flash rather than the 50nm flash used in the originals and reduced latency times. What is really going to set these new drives apart though, both from the previous Intel offerings and their competition, are the much lower prices allowed by the increased memory density. PC Perspective has posted a full review and breakdown of the new product line that should be available next week."

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Re:I have a G1 Intel X-25M by Freetardo+Jones · 2009-07-23 05:36 · Score: 0, Redundant

and there is no discernible lag on first load like you will get with SATA drives since they are still trying to load system tray applications.
Protip: Intel's SSDs are also "SATA drives".
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Intel Mainstream Solid-State Drives are available in either 2.5in (Intel X25-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drive) or 1.8in (Intel X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drive) standard hard drive form factors.
The term you meant was hard disk drive (or HDD) not the name of the connector interface (SATA).
Nice if they would sell them. by DAldredge · 2009-07-23 06:22 · Score: 0, Redundant

When will you actually be able to buy one?