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Intel provides SSD 160GB – In order to full the solid-state drive necessary that many adapts by super light notebook, Intel announces that they already start produce the SSD 2.5 inches with capacity about 160GB that spread into notebook and desktop, beside X25-M. This chip manufacturing launches also SSD 1.8 inches 160GB that called X18-M in this early year. Previously, on last September, Intel already releases the smallest capacity than both of that version. There is with capacity about 80GB

X18-M and X25-M basics into multi level cell memory from Intel. Based on the vendor statement, this technology is different with SSD that offers with the other manufacturing. For example, this product has 10 x Nano Flash channels that parallels and native command queuing that possible to queuing 32 operations into quickly performance.
Their speed self has up to 250MBps to read and 70MBps to write. Both of their services available into SATA interface and technologies 1.5 Gbps and 3.0 Gbps and life expectation time up to 1.2 million hours. For energy consumption is about 150 miliwatt for normal workload of PC and 0.06 watt when idle. Unfortunately, this product prices is not know yet.

Beside this two SSD mainstream, Intel presents also the SSD X25-E Extreme for server, storage and high-end workstation. SATA Drive available also the product with capacity about 32GB and 64GB include life expectation up to 2 millions hours.