No intel g3 drives this year :(

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Intel has started mass production of its new NAND flash circuits with 25nm technology, which will lead to substantially higher storage capacities. We now have reliable information that points to that 25nm products will not appear before February 2011, but in large quantities.

When chip giant Intel launched the second generation SSDs in 2009 the demand outpaced the supply long into 2010. The good news is that Intel does not intend to make the same mistake with its third generation SSDs. As we've mentioned in the past it has already started manufacturing NAND flash circuits with 25nm technology and with good yields supply should cover the demand at launch.

Intel's first SSDs with 25nm technology was expected to arrive in late 2010, but according to new information supplied to NordicHardware we will only see a refresh of Postville with a new 120GB model in the retail series X-25M, still using 34nm chips and G2 controller. The market adjusted capacity is the big news. Performance will not be changed from current G2 models.

Intel's G3 series of SSDs is not expected to hit stores until February, but will bring noticably better performance then. This has been prioritized by Intel accourding to our source. With competitive performance on most fronts, and better availability this looks like one interesting launch.

Unfortunately we will have to wait longer before Intel actually launches the drives, but that also gives us some more time to dig up more detailed information on the performance and specifications.

It might be worth mentioning that other companies have shown SSDs with Intel's new 25nm NAND flash circuits. It is highlyunlikely that any of these can, or are allowed, to launch SSDs with circuits from Intel before Intel can start shipping its G3 series. This is just a qualified speculation on our behalf.
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http://www.nordichardware.com/news/86-storage/41173-intel-postpone-25nm-ssds-to-february-2011.html
 
What is their source though I wonder? Why are other hardware news websites not sharing this same story? But they seem pretty sure. That is indeed a shame as I have an X25-M at the moment and need some more space ASAP.
 
True. I'm hoping they are not true, though if it is, then I might as well buy one now. Was going to hold of.
 
Sadpanda :(

I suppose mass-availability in February isn't too bad, but I was really hoping to get my grubby paws on a drive in November/ December. I'm finding this 60Gb drive quite restrictive at the moment. I bought it as a stop-gap until the larger capacity and smaller price-per-GB intel G3 drives, but I'm kind of wishing I'd gone for a ~120Gb capacity instead.
 
Well i've got a 160GB Intel drive and i'm desperate for space. This isn't good news. I've been sorely tempted to drop back to a Velociraptor until I can get a 600GB G3.

Makes it even more tempting now. Either that or I start raiding Intel G2s. But I don't really have the money for another one! :(
 
Duff-Man said:
Sadpanda :(

I suppose mass-availability in February isn't too bad, but I was really hoping to get my grubby paws on a drive in November/ December. I'm finding this 60Gb drive quite restrictive at the moment. I bought it as a stop-gap until the larger capacity and smaller price-per-GB intel G3 drives, but I'm kind of wishing I'd gone for a ~120Gb capacity instead.
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I'm in exactly the same situation. Not sure how much longer I can hold out
 
is this by an chance going to coincide with an intel motherboard chipset with SATAIII, maybe that is why they are holding them back.
 
Duke said:
Cost basically. Mechanical hard disks were tiny too once.
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Greebo said:
This. Who's in the market for a 500Gb SSD costing £800?
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Sorry, the point I was trying to make was...if you can fit x GB of memory into x cm^3 of space, why can the drive not be as big as a normal hard drive and have a proportional increase in memory space? The extra cost should surely only be proportional to the extra materials required.

Of course it's not as simple as that, I'm just trying to understand why.
 
Robbie G said:
Sorry, the point I was trying to make was...if you can fit x GB of memory into x cm^3 of space, why can the drive not be as big as a normal hard drive and have a proportional increase in memory space? The extra cost should surely only be proportional to the extra materials required.

Of course it's not as simple as that, I'm just trying to understand why.
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The controller would be far more complex and expensive to address the added memory chips.

A single 8Gb chip would be cheaper than two 4Gb chips for example.

:)
 
For me at least this is good news. I've decided to hold off on my new builds until SWTOR is released which is Q2 2011. Looks like lots of new stuff will be available by then :)
 
Really hope this isn't true...

I was wanting a couple of them to raid in my new build when they are released, but now I might just make the build with a 500GB F3 or something, and upgrade to a couple of the SSDs when they are finally released.
 
Bit disappointing if true, i decided to halt purchasing a new rig until these launch really, and was rather hoping to get it built this year :(

Don't see any point buying a rig install windows when 2 months later i would have to reinstall it all again on a new SSD :(

I assume these will launch before Sandybridge though?
 
Duke said:
Cost basically. Mechanical hard disks were tiny too once.
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they were ?

funny, i seem to remember it the opposite :P

back in the days of the first hard drives, mechanical drives were dual height 5 1/2.

normal mechanical drives have never been smaller than 3.5
with only the laptop drives being smaller (with a few exception)

but they work in different ways, so mechanical drives can increase capacticy easier with increase in size.

whereas for SSDs, its down to cost, the more/bigger chips u use, the more expensive they are
 
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