Intel 34nm SSDs to arrive in Q4 2009

Posted on Monday, March 23 2009 @ 14:45 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Intel is currently making solid state disks (SSD) with 50nm flash chips, and according to FUD Zilla the chip giant will transition to 34nm chips in the final quarter of the year.
This should happen in Q4 2009 and MLC drives will get from current 160GB all the way to 320GB.

MLC is the slower of two memories, while SLC drives will get to 320GB in 2010. The X18-M series of 1.8 inch drives will get to 80GB, 160GB and finally 320GB but we still don’t know the price for these devices.

The same will work for 2.5 inch X25-M generation that will get to 320GB with 34nm.
Last week Samsung stated SSDs will reach price parity with HDDs within a couple of years.


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