Intel Says Its New SSDs Are Faster, Cheaper

By Agam Shah, Jul 21, 2009

Intel has launched new solid-state drives that are cheaper and have faster write speeds than their predecessors, the company said Tuesday. Intel's X25-M SSDs, for laptop and desktop PCs, deliver close to double the write performance of their predecessors, according to Intel. A new manufacturing process helped keep prices down, while better software was used to speed up the SSDs, said Troy Winslow, director of marketing for Intel's NAND products. The flash chips used in the drives were manufactured using a 34-nanometer process, compared to 50 nanometers for Intel's earlier SSDs. "The 34-nm move specifically benefitted our SSDs by shrinking the die of the flash memory and therefore reduc[ing] the cost," Winslow said. This allows us to reduce the price of our SSDs by 60 percent from their introductory price three quarters ago."

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