Monday, August 16th 2010
Intel Readies 25 nm NAND-based X25-M and X25-V SSDs for Q4 2010
Intel is planning a series of four solid state drives (SSDs) in Q4 2010, that makes use of the latest IMFlash Technologies 25 nm NAND flash memory chips, under a possible "G3" (third generation) brand identifier, and sold complete under the Intel X25-M, and X18-M (mainstream) and X25-V (value) brands. The four drives will continue to carry the company internal codename "Postville", and mostly the same exact feature set as the 34 nm Postville SSDs, except for the new 25 nm NAND chips, native data encryption, SMART, and higher performance.
Under the 2.5" form-factor X25-M series, there are 600 GB, 300 GB, and 160 GB models on the roadmap, while an X25-V 2.5" value SSD featuring the 25 nm flash chips includes an 80 GB model in Q4. Later in Q1 2011, Intel will add new enterprise X25-E "Lydonville" models based on the new chips, as well as introduce 25 nm based 300 GB and 160 GB 1.8" mainstream X18-M SSDs, and a 40 GB X25-M model. The introduction of these new SSDs follows the February 2010 announcement of the 25 nm NAND flash memory chips by IMFlash Technologies. IMFlash is a joint venture between Intel and Micron Technology.
Source:
ComputerBase.de
Under the 2.5" form-factor X25-M series, there are 600 GB, 300 GB, and 160 GB models on the roadmap, while an X25-V 2.5" value SSD featuring the 25 nm flash chips includes an 80 GB model in Q4. Later in Q1 2011, Intel will add new enterprise X25-E "Lydonville" models based on the new chips, as well as introduce 25 nm based 300 GB and 160 GB 1.8" mainstream X18-M SSDs, and a 40 GB X25-M model. The introduction of these new SSDs follows the February 2010 announcement of the 25 nm NAND flash memory chips by IMFlash Technologies. IMFlash is a joint venture between Intel and Micron Technology.
18 Comments on Intel Readies 25 nm NAND-based X25-M and X25-V SSDs for Q4 2010
300 read / 300 write please :)
Whitey
What I would like to see is CHEAPER SSDs. I hope within the next couple of years, prices of SSDs will fall to maybe 3-5 times more expensive per GB than regular HDDs, rather than the 20-30 times more expensive per GB that we have now.
edit: What are the X28-E models doing in Q2/2010?
Looks like SSD's are finally coming along at a decent rate. I still wish I could get something around 120GB on a pcie 8x bootable card with SLC, 5yr warranty, 600MB/s read write min speeds all for about $600.00.
Well maybe one day down the road.
We all know random access is what's the most important so even though having 300MB/s read is nice, most could live with 150MB/s just fine.
I had ordered two Corsair F40 last night (for raid 0), but the order was cancelled due to stock.
Then this morning I see Intel are updating; so here's hoping.
Am running an X25-E since they first came out, so have been enjoying the SSD experience.
Chris
Thickness maybe ?
Guess the thing to get is still X25-M :)
Well, the Sandforce 2000 chip will give the G3 a beating.
G3:
Sequential Read: 250MB/s
Sequential Write:170MB/s
read IOPS: 50K
write IOPS:40K
Security: AES-128
Sandforce 2000:
Sequential Read: 500MB/s
Sequential Write:500MB/s
read IOPS: 60K
write IOPS:60K
Security: AES-256
Source: www.anandtech.com/show/3971/sandforce-announces-nextgen-ssd-controller-sf2000-capable-of-500mbs-and-60k-iops