Friday, May 23rd 2008
Intel to Bundle 80GB SSDs with Centrino 2
According to a report written by the Taiwanese Digitimes website, Intel is planning to promote new SSD drives with its upcoming Centrino 2 platform (Montevina). Dubbed Intel High Perofmance SSD, Intel will place these SSDs mainly in enterprise, mid-range and high-end notebook offerings. First Intel will release two models - 2.5-inch Client X25-M and 1.8-inch Client X18-M. Both drives will boast 80GB capacity and SATA interface. The report goes on to say that Intel plans to increase storage capacities up to 160GB by the end of the fourth quarter, and up to 250GB and above in 2009.
Source:
DigiTimes
15 Comments on Intel to Bundle 80GB SSDs with Centrino 2
The silence of these things is what I like most. :D
im betting there still gonna be expensive as hell even for 80gb. i wouldnt mind an "affordable" 36gb one like when raptors first came out, easy enough room for 8-10 games or as a windows drive with apps and programs. either way i still think its going to be too expensive this year and next for an ssd of 80Gb+
and whats wrong with using these as the OS/games drive, and storing everything else on a mechanical drive? its not like you have to move ALL your HDDs over to SSD at the same time.
Otherwise, looks interesting. I see the SSD getting groundup on portables first, before performance can become keen.