No word on durability versus usage (and no word that OSs can recognize these types of drives and adapt their functioning.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:13 PM > To: Thinkpad Users Group > Subject: [Thinkpad] Intel is in the Laptop SSD hard drive business - Marketto be > Flooded Soon > > SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 21, 2009 – Intel Corporation is moving to a more > advanced, 34- nanometer (nm) manufacturing process for its leading NAND > flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) products, which are an alternative to a > computer's hard drive. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the SSDs > up to 60 percent for PC and laptop makers and consumers who buy them due to > the reduced die size and advanced engineering design. > > The multi-level cell (MLC) Intel® X25-M Mainstream SATA SSD is aimed at > laptop and desktop PCs and available in 80 Gigabyte (GB) and 160GB versions. > SSDs are data storage devices found inside computers. Because SSDs have no > moving parts they offer faster performance and greater energy efficiency and > durability than traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). A draw for gamers, > media creators and technology enthusiasts, SSDs have also played a key role > in the emergence of ultra-thin and light notebook PCs that are becoming > increasingly popular due to their design, size and longer battery life. > > __ > > > Remember "Adam Bede" by George Eliot, that we read in high school English > class ? > Wasn't that just about your most favorite book ever ? > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
