Intel have launched their 4GB and 8GB SSD modules (these aren’t drop-in drive replacements) at 1000-piece prices of $25 and $45 respectively. Although the read-speed is a usable 35MB/s, with a write speed of just 7MB/s, they’re not ideal for the pro user.
Sandisk’s offering seems to be slightly better with a ’streaming’ write speed of 17MB/s
TDK also introduced a new SSD drive. Fantastic capacity and performance but huge cost.
I’ll stick to my CF card mod for the time being.
June 4th, 2008 at 1:05 am
Intel has Z-P140, which is another small SSD which has read and write speeds of 40MB/s and 30MB/s respectively.
This one is Z-P230, which I think its a bunch of Z-U130 modules stuck together for capacity and put PATA interface(http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/z-u130/)
The real one to wait for is Z-P140(http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/z-p140/index.htm)
Z-P140: “Ultra-small package-on-package BGA solution designed with ultra-mobile platforms in mind”
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