Intel Delivers Industry's First 34-Nanometer NAND Flash Solid-State Drives; ...

intel.com - 7/21/2009

Intel Delivers Industry's First 34-Nanometer NAND Flash Solid-State Drives; Advancement Lowers Prices by Up to 60 Percent

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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 ...

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Intel Updates SSD Line: A Little Bit Faster, A Little Bit Cheaper [Storage]
Gizmodo — ... Intel's got a lengthy spiel about how performance has been improved, albeit slightly, by the new fabrication process (they claim a 25% decrease in latency and slightly higher read/write performance), but the core of this upgrade, and the main benefit of switching to 34nm, is a lower price. ...

Intel 34nm X25-M SSD
iTech News Net — ... the new X-25M offers improved latency (25% reduction compare to 50nm version) and faster random write Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) up to 6,600 4KB write IOPS and up to 35,000 read IOPS. The new 34nm X25-M 80GB SSD has a new price of $225 for quantities up to 1,000 units (a 60% reduction from the original introduction price of $595 a year ago) and the 160GB version is priced at $440 (down from $945 at introduction) for quantities up to 1,000 units. [intel] ...