In the young market of SSD discs, there was a time "before Intel" and "after Intel", its X25-M discs having considerably raised the bar of the expected performances of MLC SSD discs. But since the manufacturer had lost its top position due to price drops and the arrival of a model 160 GB disk.
As envisaged, and thanks to new chips engraved in 34nm, Intel goes again onto the attack. German and Austrian sites start to refer the new references of X-25M containing of the 34nm chips. One now needs around 200 Euros for a model 80 GB, 400 Euros for one 160 GB. The 320 GB are referred, but no price has been announced. It would be no surprise to be around 800 Euros. Even though it is still difficult to speak about cheap product, the X25-M will start to become accessible, at least for the 80 GB version
