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- editor's notes:- in September 2008 -
Intel launched a range of
1.8" and
2.5" SATA flash
SSDs with 80GB capacity, 70MB/S write speed, 250MB/S read and 85-microseconds
read latency priced at around $595.
In
October 2008 - Intel
started shipping the X-25E - a
fast
2.5" 32GB
SATA SLC
flash SSD. Read
latency is 75 microseconds and a 10 parallel channel architecture enables it to
sustain R/W throughputs of 250 / 170 MB/s. Random IOPS performance is
impressive with a 10 to 1 R/W ratio which is inline with the best
designed enterprise flash SSDs. Using 4kB blocks - random R/W IOPS are 35,000
and 3,300 respectively.
In his October 2008 blog, Linux
creator Linus Torvalds
wrote about his own
experience
with Intel's new SSD. Just as relevant are the many comments which followed
about better (and worse) products.
In December 2008 -
Hitachi and
Intel announced they were
jointly designing a new range of high IOPS flash SSDs with
Fibre Channel and
SAS interfaces for
the server market. The new products, which will be exclusively marketed by
Hitachi GST - are expected to ship in Q1 2010.
In January 2009
- Intel made its first ever appearance (and a strong showing) in the 7th
quarterly edition of the
Top 10 SSD Companies report for Q4 2008.
Also in in January
2009 -
Kingston Technology
announced it will sell rebranded high speed SSDs supplied by
Intel as Kingston's
SSDNow E Series.
In April 2009 - Intel dropped out of the
Top 10 SSD Companies
report for Q1 2009 (ranking was #12).
Also in April 2009
- a report on TGDaily.com
said that Intel
is EOLing its
Z-P230
SSD module which was aimed at the netbook market.
If you look at the
1.0" SSDs directory
here on StorageSearch.com you'll
see that 25 companies now make SSD chips, DOMs or modules designed to
fit into very small footprints. |
