Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Intel has released a 160-gigabaytnye solid state drives.

The company started production of Intel SSD-drives X18-M and X25-M 160 gigabytes, the InformationWeek. 80-gigabaytnye models of these drives came into production in September this year.
160-gigabaytny solid-state drive Intel X25-M implemented in 2.5-inch form factor, X18-M - in the 1.8-inch. They are designed to be installed in mobile and desktop computers.
The speed of reading data 160-gigabaytnyh Intel SSD-drives of 250 megabytes per second, the speed record - 70 megabytes per second. On the computer X18-M and X25-M are connected via SATA. The life expectancy of the reservoirs is 1.2 million hours.
At the same time, Intel has released a SSD-drive X25-E Extreme. It is designed for installation in servers, storage systems and high-performance workstations. Capacity X25-E Extreme is 32 and 64 gigabytes, lifetime - two million hours.
The first 160-gigabaytny solid-state drive Intel was announced in March this year. SSD-drives Intel X18-M and X25-M had announced in August 2008.
Currently, the maximum capacity of serial SSD-drive is 256 gigabytes. A week ago, Toshiba announced a 512-gigabaytny SSD-drive, which will be presented in early 2009.

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