Intel Launches 34nm NAND SSDs, Claims 60% Price Cut Possible

[Bishop]

DiGG this thread
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Reddit Link
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Originally Posted by Bishop

Welcome guests...

Hopefully some of you will stick around and enjoy the rest of the forums..

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Update 5: These are the correct Intel product codes from the "Intel 34nm Datasheet"

http://download.intel.com/design/fla...eam/322296.pdf

Intel X25-M 34nm GEN2 Product Codes

80GB ..2.5" SSDSA2MH080G2
160GB .2.5" SSDSA2MH160G2
80GB ..1.8" SSDSA1MH080G2
160GB .1.8" SSDSA1MH160G2

Update 4: Intel has finally issued their press release publicly. Now you can believe it for real
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archi...090721comp.htm

Intel Press Release "Intel Delivers Industry's First 34-Nanometer NAND Flash Solid-State Drives; Advancement Lowers Prices by Up to 60 Percent"

Update 3:Found some benchmarks of the new 34nm 80gb drive. Japanese site translated through google.

http://translate.google.com/translat...istory_state0=


Update 2: Some merchants are listing the Intel product codes in their db already
Leaked article possibly had wrong product codes.. Upon further research, these links are likely ok.

Intel silently updated their website within the past few weeks to reflect the new product codes for the revised X25-M 34nm drives. What Intel did not do is officially announce the new products or list pricing.

http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...ture/index.htm

Intel added a C1 suffix on their reseller page above which deviates slightly. The important designator though is G2, which indicates second gen 34nm.

$229.00 -- Intel X25-M 34nm 80GB (SSDSA2MH080G2C1) - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10010790
$433.00 -- Intel X25-M 34nm160GB (SSDSA2MH160G2C1) - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10010793


Update: ****** removed the press release.
Looks like ******** fucked up the press release...

Cliffs:
$225.00 - Intel X25-M 34nm 80GB (SSDSA2MH080G2) <-- confirmed
$440.00 - Intel X25-M 34nm160GB (SSDSA2MH160G2) <-- confirmed

Highlights:
70MBps = sequential write
250Mbps = sequential read
65 microseconds = read latency
85 microseconds = write latency


10 lane Parallel Channel Architecture with ONFI 1.0
Windows 7 and the TRIM command will be supported with firmware update
320gb will be introduced this fall


NOTE: no firmware update adding TRIM support for first gen 50nm drives.


http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archi...090721comp.htm

Intel Delivers Industry's First 34-Nanometer NAND Flash Solid-State Drives; Advancement Lowers Prices by Up to 60 Percent


SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 21, 2009 – Intel Corporation is moving to a more advanced, 34- nanometer (nm) manufacturing process for its leading NAND flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) products, which are an alternative to a computer's hard drive. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the SSDs up to 60 percent for PC and laptop makers and consumers who buy them due to the reduced die size and advanced engineering design.

The multi-level cell (MLC) Intel® X25-M Mainstream SATA SSD is aimed at laptop and desktop PCs and available in 80 Gigabyte (GB) and 160GB versions. SSDs are data storage devices found inside computers. Because SSDs have no moving parts they offer faster performance and greater energy efficiency and durability than traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). A draw for gamers, media creators and technology enthusiasts, SSDs have also played a key role in the emergence of ultra-thin and light notebook PCs that are becoming increasingly popular due to their design, size and longer battery life.

"Our goal was to not only be first to achieve 34nm NAND flash memory lithography, but to do so with the same or better performance than our 50nm version," said Randy Wilhelm, Intel vice president and general manager, Intel NAND Solutions Group. "We made quite an impact with our breakthrough SSDs last year, and by delivering the same or even better performance with today's new products, our customers, both consumers and manufacturers, can now enjoy them at a fraction of the cost."

The Intel X25-M on 34nm flash memory is drop-in compatible with the current 50nm version and will continue to be drop-in compatible to replace existing hard disk drives (HDDs).

Compared to its previous 50nm version, the new Intel X25-M offers improved latency and faster random write Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS). Specifically, Intel's new SSD provides a 25 percent reduction in latency, for quicker access to data, operating at 65-microsecond latency compared to approximately 4,000 microseconds for an HDD.

Random write performance increases twofold, further separating the X25-M from other competing SSDs. By delivering up to 6,600 4KB write IOPS and up to 35,000 read IOPS, the X25-M continues to set the bar for SSDs, while leapfrogging HDDs which only operate at several hundred IOPS. This provides for markedly faster system and application responsiveness. These improvements in latency and IOPS not only benefit desktop and notebook users, but also server and workstation users, as they utilize Intel's cost-effective, yet performance-oriented, MLC SSDs for enterprise computing.

New channel prices for the X25-M 80GB are $225 for quantities up to 1,000 units (a 60 percent reduction from the original introduction price of $595 a year ago). The 160GB version is $440 (down from $945 at introduction) for quantities up to 1,000 units. The X25-M comes in a standard 2.5-inch form factor. The X18-M, in a 1.8-inch form factor, will begin shipping on 34nm later in the quarter.

Drop-in compatible with SATA-based HDDs and all operating systems, the X25-M will also support Microsoft Windows 7 when it becomes available. At that time, Intel plans to deliver a firmware update to allow support of the Windows 7 Trim command, along with an end user tool, to allow users to optimize the performance of their SSD on Windows XP and Vista operating systems.

For further information on Intel's High Performance line of solid-state drives, including the Intel X25-M Mainstream and the Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA SSD targeted for server, workstation and enterprise storage applications, visit www.intel.com/go/ssd.

[FuckoTheMonkey]

I LIKE PEANUTS

[chbrules]

I LIKE TURTLES

[Reej]

thank god


my first computer out of college is going to be bad ass, 2 years from now. laptop with a full touchscreen, ssd drives + os sex

[FRIZL]

It's already there.

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by FRIZL

It's already there.

Link is dead though, the source removed it...

Full article text and info is here.

[FRIZL]

You're right.

http://digg.com/hardware/Intel_Launc...e_Cut_Possible

[Reej]

youll get more traffic faster off reddit

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by FRIZL

You're right.

http://digg.com/hardware/Intel_Launc...e_Cut_Possible

used my icon

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by FRIZL

You're right.

http://digg.com/hardware/Intel_Launc...e_Cut_Possible

I held off a few hours to see if they'd fix the link, they never did.

Either they broke the NDA by accident, or it expired and the site admin was too lazy to repost it with a corrected title.

Either way why not get the site some hits since nothing else is posted..

[FuckoTheMonkey]

looks like that no good kike Adam Goldstein had infiltrated Intel. Thankfully Intel found the jew cancer and eliminated him bringing the prices back to where they should be

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by FuckoTheMonkey

looks like that no good kike Adam Goldstein had infiltrated Intel. Thankfully Intel found the jew cancer and eliminated him bringing the prices back to where they should be

:wtfrofl:

[Bishop]

Come on night crew, digg this, add it to reddit, get NN some hits

hits = more exposure = new members

[Billy Mays]

Originally Posted by Bishop

Come on night crew, digg this, add it to reddit, get NN some hits

hits = more exposure = new members

one of those, if not both, have us banned.

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by Billy Mays

one of those, if not both, have us banned.

?

[Bishop]

night crew is weak

[FuckoTheMonkey]

operation box the jew has been consuming a lot of man hours

[organdonor]

Originally Posted by Bishop

night crew is weak

it's just that.. who gives a shit?

[Reej]

Originally Posted by organdonor

it's just that.. who gives a shit?

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by organdonor

it's just that.. who gives a shit?

tech press releases like that usually get a lot of hits if they get noticed, but they need some initial effort to get to a threshold.

[FRIZL]

An article has little to no credibility without citing a source usually. They pulled the release?

[FuckoTheMonkey]

Originally Posted by organdonor

it's just that.. who gives a shit?

/b/

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by FRIZL

An article has little to no credibility without citing a source usually. They pulled the release?

Yes.. I could cite the source, but I edited out the info, because they pulled the article, which means that they may have broke their NDA (non-disclosure agreement). So either they leaked the article on accident, or the site admin pulled it because the thread title was borked and he was too lazy to resubmit it with a corrected title.

[organdonor]

Originally Posted by Bishop

tech press releases like that usually get a lot of hits if they get noticed, but they need some initial effort to get to a threshold.

i mean what am i supposed to post in here? "great."? "good news."? or i can just glance over the info you've given me, not really care because i'm not paying $200 for 80gb and then leave the thread.

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by organdonor

i mean what am i supposed to post in here? "great."? "good news."? or i can just glance over the info you've given me, not really care because i'm not paying $200 for 80gb and then leave the thread.

There are lots of people who have been waiting awhile for a reasonably priced SSD with performance equivalent to that of a SCSI drive, but without the noise, heat, or vibration. Why do you think people have been buying Western Digital raptor drives before SSD became prevalent?

An 80gb drive is more than sufficient for an OS drive. If you want to speed up the performance of your operating system buy an SSD. If you want huge amounts of storage then buy a 1TB drive to compliment the SSD and use that as a data drive.