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| Posted: 10 Feb 2010 08:49 AM PST World’s largest chip maker Intel have their feet grounded in the solid state drive segment thanks to impressive pricing and performance of the 80GB X25-M.But things might change after Feb 22nd.The company uses its own proprietary controller to attain the fastest random read and write performance in any SATA-based SSD.This also coincided when Micron’s RealSSD C300 came to the picture .It uses the same 34nm NAND flash memory as Intel from their joint venture IM Flash Technologies.Even Seagate has joined the league with Pulsar.
The C300 uses a new controller from Marvell with custom firmware developed in-house by Micron. The new disk is pitched as the fastest 2.5-inch SSD ever in random and sequential performance. With read speeds as high as 350MB/s the drives will require a 6Gbps SATA interface to unleash their full potential. Crucial Technology, Micron’s retail subsidiary, will launch the consumer version of this drive on the 22nd of February, with the 128GB version priced at $399 and the 256GB version at $799. That’s an impressive $3.125 per GB on the 128GB drive. Compare that to Intel’s 80GB X25-M with a cost-per-GB of $3.625 and things really begin to look bleak for Intel. The new drives also feature 256MB of DRAM cache and come with a five-year warranty. They will be available on Crucial’s website, as well as at retail and e-tail partners.Hopefully they’ll launch the same drive in a 64GBflavor as well, which would make it the best sub-$200 SSD.  |
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