Intel has quietly released the second generation of Solid State Drives and the name of the drives are the same as before, but with a G2 suffix. The new SSDs have been listed by plenty of stores and prices up to 30% lower than the first generation of SSD. Most stores reports they will have the drives in stock this week. Intel intended to reduce prices with this generation, but we did not expect such a substantial price cut. These prices puts Intel in a good position even considering GB/dollar, relative to SSD.
We are hunting more information on the new 34nm SSDs from Intel but what we do know is that Intel considers this a bit like when it introduces new manufacturing processes with its processors. It maintains the base properties but lowers power consumption and improves performance, which should mean that X25-M G2 will sport even better performance than the precursor.
SSD | NAND technology | Price |
|---|---|---|
Intel X25-M G2 160GB | 34nm | ~$435 |
Intel X25-M G2 80GB | 34nm | ~$220 |
Intel X25-M 160GB | 50nm | ~$635 |
Intel X25-M 80GB | 50nm | ~$310 |
We will present more information as soon as we get it, but so far we have managed to dig up that Intel seems to launch its SSDs as both OEM and retail. The latter will ship with 3.5″ slot adapter and slightly different product information. We have also found some pictures of Intel’s new SSDs that certainly looks like retail products.
It’s obvious that Intel has cut the prices and that it will force others to do the same as Intel’s X25-M series really only had one big weakness; the price. We don’t expect any major changes in the performance specifications but we will return on that matter.
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