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Intel Bringin' SSD Drama: 160GB Capacity, 50% Price Drop

We already told you about Intel's new ultramobile SSDs, but their tiny size means high cost and low capacities, only up to 16GB. That's why the company promised SATA-II SSDs in the 1.8" and 2.5" sizes with capacities up to 160GB, with read and write speeds exceeding Samsung's 100MB/s and 70MB/s, respectively. Best of all, Intel says its goal is to drive down the currently exorbitant prices of solid-state storage to something less punitive, predicting two subsequent 50% drops in 2009 and 2010. [Daily Tech]

7:30 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Wilson Rothman
7,332 views, 20 comments

Latest by 1roll20s: It'll probably be awhile yet before SSD replaces HDD for mass storage. I'm not taking application space, but the terabyte or two you want for video and audio storage. HDD is down near $0.20 a GB and even $2.50 a more »