Intel Releases Solid State Disk Drives

It's been known that Intel has been working on producing some solid-state drives (SSDs), but today they have released their first two products. The X18-M and X25-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives are Intel's first disk drives boasting these low-power, rugged, and responsive characteristics. As implied by the name, the X18-M is a 1.8" drive while the X25-M is a 2.5" SSD. Right now both drives are only available in an 80GB capacity, but a 160GB version promised for sampling by year's end. These first Intel solid state drives are based around their multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash technology, but to be introduced shortly are single-level cell (SLC) SSDs. More information can be found in the Intel press release.