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New Intel SSD X25M Gen2 almost here

Initial benchmark test from Japanese user for the G2:

Sequential Read: 244.823 MB / s
Sequential Write : 71.874 MB/s Sequential Write: 71.874 MB / s
Random Read 512KB : 165.969 MB/s Random Read 512KB: 165.969 MB / s
Random Write 512KB : 57.033 MB/s Random Write 512KB: 57.033 MB / s
Random Read 4KB : 14.887 MB/s Random Read 4KB: 14.887 MB / s
Random Write 4KB : 44.758 MB/s Random Write 4KB: 44.758 MB / s

Test Size : 1000 MB Test Size: 1000 MB
Date : 2009/07/19 13:18:10 Date: 2009/07/19 13:18:10

http://translate.google.com/transla...hives/004532.html&sl=ja&tl=en&history_state0=
 
alphaod said:
I only see MLC getting cheaper and more reliable; SLC does matter because it offers more than 10x the reliability. If they offered a 160GB or bigger drive in SLC that didn't cost me a kidney, I'd buy it.
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Didn't cost you a kidney? Frak...I'd give a kidney and half a liver! :)
 
Do you think Apple will be offering the new drives as option to the MBPs? As soon as next week?
 
norsemen said:
Initial benchmark test from Japanese user for the G2:

Sequential Read: 244.823 MB / s
Sequential Write : 71.874 MB/s Sequential Write: 71.874 MB / s
Random Read 512KB : 165.969 MB/s Random Read 512KB: 165.969 MB / s
Random Write 512KB : 57.033 MB/s Random Write 512KB: 57.033 MB / s
Random Read 4KB : 14.887 MB/s Random Read 4KB: 14.887 MB / s
Random Write 4KB : 44.758 MB/s Random Write 4KB: 44.758 MB / s

Test Size : 1000 MB Test Size: 1000 MB
Date : 2009/07/19 13:18:10 Date: 2009/07/19 13:18:10

http://translate.google.com/transla...hives/004532.html&sl=ja&tl=en&history_state0=
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I would rather wait for more results. That makes no sense to me.
 
TIGOS said:
Snow Leopard its comming with TRIM support?
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No idea. A former Apple engineer noted that both 10.5.7+ and SL has the "infrastructure" in place for TRIM already, just needs a patch to enable it.

Most like Apple is waiting for the final ATA TRIM support or something.
 
Im from Brazil, and i go to NY in august, i will buy an ssd for my macbook.

Im reading a lot about SSDs and TRIM is very important to keep the ssd performance.

I will buy an OCZ Vertex 120gb or Intel X-25 80gb.

(sorry about my english, its not so good :D)
 
i hope you guys are going to update this thread tomorrow :)

i've been lurking with my AMEX card in hand... dying to get an SSD!
 
Link to DailyTech.com on the rehash of X25-M.

$225 for 80GB, 440$ for 160GB. 320GB will be released later in the year.

I was right, the previous benchmarks didn't make sense to me for one reason, the speed is exactly the same to the previous SSD. They are now using 34nm ONFI 1.0 NANDs with the same Intel controller, therefore there are no speed benefits at all. Which means this is just a refresh and not a 2nd generation SSD.

The 2nd Generation SSD from Intel is still yet to come later this year or early next year when they being using ONFI 2.1 NANDs with a new controller.
 
At this rate I'll upgrade to the Arrandale MacBook Pro when it comes out, and also a 320GB Intel drive.

But now the question is the TRIM command in SL. I would hate to plunk out $700 and have the thing slow down after a while.

When are these 320 babies being released? :D
 
From the pulled DalityTech article:

Lower prices from Intel and others will push SSDs into the mainstream in 2010

Intel is announcing a new generation of Solid State Drives (SSDs) using 34nm NAND flash memory from IM Flash Technologies, its joint venture with chipmaker Micron Technologies. IMFT had previously announced production of 34nm NAND flash in November of last year, but various problems had led to a delay in the scale of mass production that Intel needed.

The most important thing that Intel will be able to do with the new SSDs is lower their prices in order to spur consumer purchasing. Intel says the new drives are so much cheaper because of "the reduced die size and advanced engineering design" of the new SSDs. Many consumers have been waiting patiently for prices to drop and the market to stabilize before jumping in with a purchase, despite dramatically improved performance.

NAND flash built on the 32nm process by Samsung and Toshiba, along with a much improved JMF612 controller from JMicron, are expected to lead to lower prices on competing SSDs from other manufacturers.

“Our goal was to not only be first to achieve 34nm NAND flash memory lithography, but to do so with the same or better performance than our 50nm version,” said Randy Wilhelm, Intel's Vice President and General Manager of the NAND Solutions Group.

“We made quite an impact with our breakthrough SSDs last year, and by delivering the same or even better performance with today’s new products, our customers, both consumers and manufacturers, can now enjoy them at a fraction of the cost.”

This improved performance is not shown in the X-25's sustained sequential write speed, which can only achieve up to 70 MBps. Instead read latency is now 65 microseconds and write latency is just 85 µs. That compares to read and write seek times of 4.2 ms and 4.7 ms, or 4200 µs and 4700 µs.

The X-25 has a maximum sustained sequential read speed of up to 250 MBps, unchanged from its predecessor. There aren't any apparent major changes to Intel's flash controller, which still uses the same 10 lane Parallel Channel Architecture with ONFI 1.0 compatible flash.

Support for Windows 7 and the TRIM command, which improves performance when deleting files, will be available later in a firmware update. There will also be an end user tool which will help users to optimize the performance of their SSDs on the Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems.

Interestingly, Intel will continue to use the X25-M moniker in 80GB and 160GB sizes. However, new SKUs are starting to appear with the 34nm 80GB (SSDSA2MH080G2C1)and 160GB (SSDSA2MH160G2C1) models. A 320GB model is expected to arrive later, but has not yet been announced. The X18-M, which comes in a 1.8 inch form factor, will begin shipping with 34nm parts later this quarter.

Intel originally introduced the 80GB X25-M for $595 less than a year ago. Now, the new 34nm 80GB X25-M will sell for $225 to the channel for quantities up to 1,000 units. The 160GB version will be available at $440 to the channel at the same quantities, down from a remarkable $945 at its launch in December.
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well as soon as anyone sees the new 160gb for sale online please post a link

thanks!
 
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