Intel Bringin’ SSD Drama: 160GB Capacity, 50% Price Drop

11:30AM March 11, 2008 | Wilson Rothman

We already told you about Intel’s new ultramobile SSDs, but their tiny size means high cost and low capacities, only up to 16GB. That’s why the company promised SATA-II SSDs in the 1.8″ and 2.5″ sizes with capacities up to 160GB, with read and write speeds exceeding Samsung’s 100MB/s and 70MB/s, respectively. Best of all, Intel says its goal is to drive down the currently exorbitant prices of solid-state storage to something less punitive, predicting two subsequent 50% drops in 2009 and 2010. [Daily Tech]



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  • Timetraveler

    March 12, 2008 at 2:58 AM

    I’ve been waiting for this since the early 1990′s when I used a fantastic HP Omnibook 430. It had a small 8 MB PCMCIA card as a hard drive. The operating system and programs were on separate cards. I could turn this laptop off and then turn it on the next day and it would be at exactly the same spot as when I turned it off. It ran on 4 double A batteries. So yes, it is about time we recover some of the capabilities of the early HP Omnibooks. The SSd’d will definitely help.
    Timetraveler2222

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