Intel Entering Solid State Drive Market
CNet reports that Intel is entering the Solid State Drive (SSD) market later this year to compete against existing suppliers such as Samsung, Toshiba, and SanDisk. Up to this point Intel has only offered small-capacity products up to 16GB in size. In Q2, Intel will be introducing 80GB and 160GB 1.8 and 2.5-inch SSDs aimed at the laptop market. Intel also promises significant performance gains over existing SSD products:
Solid State Drives offer advantages of faster performance, lower power requirements and durability over traditional hard drives.
"When Intel launches its...products, you'll see that not all SSDs are created equal," Winslow said. "The way the SSDs are architected, the way the controller and firmware operates makes a huge difference"
The drives are expected to come with an SATA interface, making them not directly compatible with the MacBook Air -- the only Apple laptop that offers an SSD option. As SSD drives drop in price, however, we can expect them to be offered with other Apple laptops. Intel believes prices will drop 40-50% per year.Solid State Drives offer advantages of faster performance, lower power requirements and durability over traditional hard drives.
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51 months ago
With Intel in the game now, I think we'll see a lot of improvements. I think they have a lot to offer to the architecture of the whole SSD. Maybe they can get some bonuses in there too since it would most likely be used with Intel chipsets and processors.
51 months ago
Anything that can move the technology forward along with helping to push along the already anticipated price drops seems like something to welcome. Still would like to see more info as it develops, but on the surface this appears to be a good thing.
51 months ago
As always more competition is better. Prices should come down relatively quickly for SSDs.
51 months ago
How to write an Intel press release.
Just change the X to whatever you are pushing:
Rinse and repeat.
Just change the X to whatever you are pushing:
"Intel also promises significant performance gains over existing X products..."
Rinse and repeat.
51 months ago
Yes plz! Only thing I'm concerned about is my admitted 'ignorance'. :) I know there will be no shock on a SSD since no moving parts, so bye bye shock sensors and associated apps. But what about bad sectors? Can something like that happen on a SSD and if so, what's the likelihood?
I also know that they draw less power, perhaps the newer laptops can be put in a "low power mode" and would be able to possibly play a Blu-ray disk in its entirety?
Either way, I think I'd LOVE to see this in an option for MBP's, maybe Q3-Q4? :)
I also know that they draw less power, perhaps the newer laptops can be put in a "low power mode" and would be able to possibly play a Blu-ray disk in its entirety?
Either way, I think I'd LOVE to see this in an option for MBP's, maybe Q3-Q4? :)
51 months ago
With Intel in the game now, I think we'll see a lot of improvements. I think they have a lot to offer to the architecture of the whole SSD. Maybe they can get some bonuses in there too since it would most likely be used with Intel chipsets and processors.
SSD 2008: $1000
SSD 2009: $500
SSD 2010: $250
** and in 2010 you will have a much larger capacity SSD
Thats why I just bought the new MBP recently. The next meaningful upgrade option (to me) is the SSD. All the different chips and platforms between now and 2010 (when a SSD will be affordable to me personally) is unimportant to me.
People asked me if I would wait for Montevina or Nehalem, Wimax etc, I told them no because I feel the SSD is the premium upgrade to wait for, not the Chipset or Platform. So since I'm not willing to wait till 2010, I bought now.
Just incase anyone else was thinking of waiting, this was my reasoning.
51 months ago
Either way, I think I'd LOVE to see this in an option for MBP's, maybe Q3-Q4? :)
Doubt it. We might (MIGHT!) see these in non-Air Macs in 2009 as an option (user must pick, not standard on any models) but event that might be pushing it.
I'd say 2010 or maybe even 2011 is more likely. The fact is, at the moment these things offer less storage space for far more money. That's worth it for Air users...they need a small computer with long battery life and are willing to pay a lot more for that.
But they'll have to drop in price a bunch to be attractive to the other laptop users. It will happen eventually, but not this year.
51 months ago
So happy to read this! Having had to replace two dead HD's on my laptops, one external that crashed, and numerous 3G iPods whose HD's had met their maker, I truly look forward to when SSD's are the norm and the spinning HD is considered a quaint and old technology.
51 months ago
Amen! Up to a 50% price drop? Intel is going to be the leader with these in no time. This could very well drag me away from my '05 iBook.:)
51 months ago
if you've got carte blanche, you can get a 832Gb laptop SATA drive (!!).
http://blogs.computerworld.com/ssd_powered_macbook_pro_wait_is_over
http://blogs.computerworld.com/ssd_powered_macbook_pro_wait_is_over
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