14 DAY TRIAL // This November, Intel released on the market its X25-E Series SSD of 32GB capacity priced at $700 each for 1,000 items. Now, it is reported to be delaying the 64GB model to the first quarter of the next year. The 2.5" X25-E Series, aiming at the enterprise segment, is the most successful of the company's SSD lineup, as it can deliver read/write speeds of 240/170MB per second. The performance levels of SSDs is their main weapon against traditional hard disk drives, and all solid state drive makers are stressing on their capabilities.
It is a known fact that solid state drive makers have developed different designs and structures for their products, which made them deliver different performance levels. Intel managed to make its SSDs 10xNAND flash memory access and powerful command array function offer high-quality performance, which pushed the drives to the top. The X25-E Series SSD of 64GB capacity from the company was expected to launch this quarter, yet it seems we'll have to wait until next year to get our hands on them.
The delay has been spotted on the latest roadmap update that can be seen in the adjacent picture. The 64GB flavor is expected to be priced at as much as $990. Moreover, in the first quarter of the next year, the company will also launch its 1.8-inch X18-M SATA SSD sporting a capacity of 160GB. Intel has already released this quarter the X25-M 80GB, X25-M 160GB and X18-M 80GB drives for mainstream users.
According to the latest news, the chip maker also plans to adjust the price for some of these SSDs. It seems that the company wants to drop the price for the X25-M 80GB and X18-M 80GB SSDs to $525. Moreover, the price of the X25-E 32GB will be adjusted to $575 on December 28th. As many of you know, the MTBF of X25-M and X18-M is 1.2 million hours, while that of the X25-E reaches 2 million hours. X25-Ms feature a 70MB/s write speed, while its read speed reaches 240MB/s.