At the end of this year, Intel plans to release yet another model in a series of electronic storage X25-M (MLC), and this time it is a serious upgrade. In the fourth quarter as a manufacturer is going to release its first SSD-drive model, based on the 34nm flash memory capacity of 320Gb. now the family of electronic drives Intel X25-M is only the old 160GB and 80 GB models.

The source reports that in a series of 1.8 "drives X18-M is also a 320Gb model, also based on 34nm memory chips. Rather, the new drives will cost a lot of money, but they mark the next step forward for the development of this market segment. After their appearance even downright skeptics will see that in a few years, the era of the mechanical hard drive is over, and they will come to replace the high-performance and energy-efficient electronic storage.

Currently, SSD-drives are still too expensive, but already actively used electronic storage with a small capacity.