Intel X25-V - code name Glen Brook

John24

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Intel has recently introduced its X25-V drive, where V stands for value, and in 2010 it plans to double the storage capacity on the 25-V series.

Thanks to a new 2x nm architecture, Intel will be able to introduce 80GB value drives that probably won’t cost you arm and leg. Intel also plans to continue with X-25 M – Mainstream and X25 E – Enthusiast drives, but these will end up faster and more expensive, compared to Value series.

Mainstream drives will get all the way to 600GB which is a reasonable storage capacity, but they will still cost several times more than any 600GB mechanical drive. SSD should end up faster and this is its main advantage, and let's not forget that SSDs are more durable and shock resistant.
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http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/16910/1/

I've seen the 40GB version (SSDSA2MP040G2C1) on pre-order for £116 at another site and a second site stating the R/W as 170/35.

New X25-E drives are apparently planned too with higher capacity and lower prices.
 
Unless the mainstream speeds scale with size (and they probably will artificially limit them to avoid competition with the -M range), I don't think anyone will be interested in these. It's just too much of a performance hit for people to stomach once they start thinking about dropping 2-3 hundred on a drive, they'd rather just pay the extra for the full-fat version.

An 80GB drive in the £130 region is Viable (mainly to people interested in a cheap RAID array, or storing a few more mp3's on their netbook), especially if they let the Write speeds go over 50MB/s, but that's about the limit.

My thinking is basically this, The current 40GB drive fills a niche for HTPC's and Office/Internet use Laptops, but the kind of people who need a lot of space on their SSD (it's still a long way off bulk storage) will be enthusiasts spending a lot of time on their PC and/or running demanding apps, both of which would be impacted by a 35MB/s write speed.
 
John24 said:
I think these are a sign.
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What's with the attitude, only commenting on the feature, not your post? Likewise did I say it wasn't a "good sign" :rolleyes:

Anyway, when you look at the "news" there's nothing groundbreaking, just evolution of what we have today. That's to be expected, and it would certainly be a bad sign if it wasn't.
 
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