Source : Tom's Hardware.frWhile Intel recently announced its goal to enter the high-end SSD market, targeting mostly Pro users at first, it recently unveiled its low cost entry-level offer. Such SSD units will feature 4 to 8 GB of storage space in SATA format. The main difference with other similar products will be the specifications: 25 MB/s only in reading mode, while writing speed will top at 7 MB/s. The half life of such SSD is expected to be around 3 years with a MTBF of 1 millions hours.
So, who could be interested by such products? Most likely integrators aiming to bring low-cost/low performance computer to the market, indeed, the main advantageous of such solutions is the price: 4 GB for 25 USD and 8 GB for 50 USD. With such price and specification, those SSD resembles more a USB key drive than a true SSD.
[translation by Linathael]
