Intel intros $125 SSD drive
By James • Mar 16th, 2010 • Category: Uncategorized
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The biggest issues with hard drives is in their design, with sectors and moving parts leading to the multitude of problems like defragmenting, but with solid state drives becoming so prevalent, the days of the moving part hard drives are numbered. In comes Intel, introducing their affordable X25-V SSD.
Intel’s other business
On the heels of being awarded top accolades by research company DRAMeXchange Technologies, with two of the Intel SSD devices, the Intel X25-M 160GB SSD and the Intel X25-M 80GB SSD taking top honours, Intel has unveiled what it is calling an affordable SSD solution, with the $125 (£82) X25-V Value Sata SSD.
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The X25-V is 2.5-inches, with 40GB of memory, and Intel is marketing it as an entry-level drive. The company is looking to drive this Intel SSD as a drive for netbooks and a boot drive for PCs.
That affordability claim
Though Intel would like to market this drive as being affordable, that statement comes with a caveat. The caveat being that it is affordable for a solid state drive, yet it is still comparatively expensive when pitted against a hard drive. Pound for pound, a hard drive costs in the region of 7p per gig, whereas solid state drives sell in the region of £2 per gig. Yet, as is the case with computing technologies, ubiquity will drive prices down as has been seen in flash memory sticks, which are built on the technology solid state drives are built on.
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Furthermore, a 40GB drive, even if it is an Intel SSD, in an age where HD movies are over 5GB, in size is tiny. Consumers are unlikely to be willing to pass off capacity for convenience and superior technology, particularly on desktop computers, in the near term.
Once the Intel X25-V has spent time in the wild, a thorough review will be possible. Given the success of the Intel X25-M, it’s safe to assume these drives will be in their own class.
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