Chipmaker Intel has announced the release of its highest-performing solid state drives, aimed at server and workstation use. The X-25Es contain no moving parts and are built using NAND flash memory. <\/p>\n
Intel says that the new X-25E range of drives increase data transfer by up to 100 times when compared to traditional mechanical hard drives. The 32GB version of the X-25E also uses around 2.4 watts of power in use, keeping costs down. <\/p>\n
The 2.5-inch drive boasts transfer speeds of 250 megabytes per second (MB\/s) for reading data and up to 170MB\/s for writing. <\/p>\n
While there has been concern in the market about the durability of solid state drives Intel says that the 32GB X-25E is capable of writing up to 4 petabytes of data over three-year period, or 3.7TB\/day, and double that for the 64GB version. <\/p>\n
"Hard disk drive performance has not kept pace with Moore’s Law," said Kirk Skaugen, general manager, Intel Server Platforms group. "Intel’s high-performance SSDs unleash the full performance of the latest Intel Xeon processor-based systems while increasing reliability and lowering the total cost of ownership for a broad range of server and storage workloads."<\/p>\n
Moorestown <\/strong><\/p>\n Intel today also demonstrated the first working models of its Moorestown chip platform. At the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei, the company show video footage of the new chip designed for mobile internet devices (MIDs). <\/p>\n Moorestown is based on Lincroft, a system on chip that includes an Atom processor core, and is designed for smaller handheld devices. <\/p>\n The Moorestown platform will include built-in WiMax support, which Intel has been pushing heavily over the past few years, as well as optional high-speed cellular access. By including HSDPA support in the chip Intel is looking to maximise mobile connectivity which will be a critical part of the success of the platform. <\/p>\n