Intel preps $45 SSD

jmke · 8th June 2008, 22:21

WITH MOST OF THE market looking onwards towards the newly-released platforms like Intel’s Atom, Nvidia’s Tegra and Via’s Nano – details on supporting hardware have been scarce.

Scarce, that is, until Intel announced its Z-P230 PATA drives, for the UMPC and MID market (although theoretically it could also target CE). PATA as it may be, the Z-P230 comes in 4GB and 8GB flavours (with 16GB to follow by the end of the year) and pricing will be an amazingly low $25 ($6.25 per Gig) and $45 ($5.625 per Gig), respectively. Adding as little as 10g to the device that will support it (basically anything with a PATA interface and 1.8-inch connector), the Z-P230 draws just 1.65mW at idle (if there is such a thing in SSD) and 314mW whilst active. Performance may be nothing special, or just enough to run some whacky OS and help get you through a work day, with a 35MB/s sustained sequential read and 7MB/s sustained sequential write speed.

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...6/06/intel-ssd

jmke · 8th June 2008, 22:22

You can get cheaper and faster USB sticks.... :/

9th June 2008, 07:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

You can get cheaper and faster USB sticks.... :/

Where do you find a high speed 8Gb USB stick for less than $45 (=like ... €30) ?

jmke · 9th June 2008, 08:16

http://www.google.de/products?q=SanD...suchen&show=dd
€30 for 8Gb, higher write/read

8th June 2008, 22:21	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Intel preps $45 SSD WITH MOST OF THE market looking onwards towards the newly-released platforms like Intel’s Atom, Nvidia’s Tegra and Via’s Nano – details on supporting hardware have been scarce. Scarce, that is, until Intel announced its Z-P230 PATA drives, for the UMPC and MID market (although theoretically it could also target CE). PATA as it may be, the Z-P230 comes in 4GB and 8GB flavours (with 16GB to follow by the end of the year) and pricing will be an amazingly low $25 ($6.25 per Gig) and $45 ($5.625 per Gig), respectively. Adding as little as 10g to the device that will support it (basically anything with a PATA interface and 1.8-inch connector), the Z-P230 draws just 1.65mW at idle (if there is such a thing in SSD) and 314mW whilst active. Performance may be nothing special, or just enough to run some whacky OS and help get you through a work day, with a 35MB/s sustained sequential read and 7MB/s sustained sequential write speed. http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...6/06/intel-ssd __________________

8th June 2008, 22:22	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	You can get cheaper and faster USB sticks.... :/ __________________

9th June 2008, 08:16	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	http://www.google.de/products?q=SanD...suchen&show=dd €30 for 8Gb, higher write/read __________________

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