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Intel solves SSD write speed issue
Intel claims that its forthcoming SSDs won’t have the slow write-speeds of current solid state disks
It’s not only the high price of solid state disks that’s currently stopping them from usurping mechanical hard drives, but we’ve also found that the write speed of solid state disks is comparatively slow when compared to a decent hard drive. However, Intel reckons it’s solved this issue on its forthcoming SSDs.
Intel wouldn’t provide any specific read and write speeds for the drives, saying that these would be announced at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). However, we asked Intel’s senior performance analyst, Francois Piednoel, if the drives would suffer from the same slow write speeds as current SSDs. ‘We’ve spent a lot of time on designing this thing, and we’ve made custom silicon,’ Piednoel told Custom PC, ‘we don’t have those problems.’
Intel’s UK press relations chap, Alastair Kemp, then also added: ‘Yeah, we think we’ve cracked that.’ Intel demonstrated the speed of the SSDs to us on a laptop that was running a virus-scan, and then double-clicked the icon for Excel 2007, which loaded up almost instantly.
As well as apparently solving the write-speed issue on its SSDs, Intel’s new SSDs could also be cheaper than current solid state drives. In May, Intel demonstrated a 32nm 4GB NAND chip that Intel said would ‘enable more cost-effective SSDs, instantly doubling the current storage volume of these devices.’ Intel’s SSDs will be available in 1.8in and 2.5in form factors, but there are currently no plans for a 3.5in desktop drive.
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A typical SSD uses 1/10 the power of a HDD so you could expect the heat to be very much lower. I hope in the future that ubiquity in SSDs would actually make the 2 1/2 format more common outside laptops leading to smaller cases and designs, e.g. media centre and car PC applications.
Comment by gravy at 1:31pm 25th July 2008
We need to see a price first or we could be getting excited about something only the rich kids can afford. If they can do it better than the Samsung F1 Spinpoint 1TB priced at £78.67 inc VAT (Aria.co.uk), then I'd take a serious look.
Comment by crazyceo at 11:23am 24th July 2008
low noise maybe, but I expect they will still throw out some heat... they are transistor based after all.
Comment by NewParadigm at 9:17am 24th July 2008
Intel today announced that it's SSD's will be powered by 256 micro-die Pentium I cpu's, then announce all other manufacturer's SSD's as 'an interesting footnote in the history of...oh look, a squirrel'
Comment by EdArch at 11:23pm 23rd July 2008
so there's no noise and next to no heat generated. Anyway, back on topic...oh wow, isn't it great that Intel have figured out how to get higher speeds from SSD's and manufacture them on a smaller process, thus making them cheaper. I do hope some other company takes note and starts doing the same so I don't have to give Intel my other testicle :)
Comment by EdArch at 11:18pm 23rd July 2008
This is great to hear, I'm thinking about getting a laptop next year so this should be perfect!
Comment by Zhaoman at 10:30pm 23rd July 2008
But unlike fast spinning HDD's, SSD's don't run hot or make any noise or vibration.
Comment by l3v1ck at 9:55pm 23rd July 2008
Either that or they will use the extra space within the chasis to add cooling and silencing accessories like WD did with the Raptor series.
Comment by PokerMuppet at 9:02pm 23rd July 2008
Its great to see that someone has sorted out these write speed problems! - I was thinking of upgrading my HDD soon, but I'll wait a bit longer now!
Comment by NikoBellic at 6:54pm 23rd July 2008
I'm sure they'll start making 3 1/2" SSD's once they can bring the price down to a level that regular people can afford. Either that or case manufacturers will have to start adding 2 1/2" drive bays to their cases.
Comment by l3v1ck at 6:26pm 23rd July 2008
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