Intel 520 Series SSD Pictured - True Gold and Possibly Not SandForce Driven.

[flamenko]

They do indeed and so does Micron. How is Micron making out with their own processors? There is no news to date that they are even interested in such. Taking it a step further, one has to give them credit by sticking by their guns with Marvell and not jumping into the SandForce frey as all else have.

In fact, now that we are on that track...so does Toshiba yet they continue to market no SATA 3 and, in fact, their mSATA SSD being shipped in Z-series ultrabooks now remains to be the worst SATA 2 SSD on the market for performance.

Maybe their is really a trend with flash manufacturers not manufacturing controllers....except for Samsung that is who are doing very well it seems.

 

[Soulkeeper]

Intel produces the flash memory for nearly all the SSDs, right?

Not exactely, but them and micron together have a 51/49% share of the flash company that makes the flash in crucial/micron, intel, and a few other's SSDs.
Samsung, toshiba, and others are also big players.

I'd be interested in a market % of sales breakdown.
That would likely take some work studying the financials of all the players ... many of which might not be in english or use standard reporting.

I suspect it's probably somewhere closer to 15-20% of the market that intel has ... just a guess.

 

[Nemesis 1]

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9196838/Intel_leads_32M_investment_in_Israeli_SSD_startup

 

[capeconsultant]

flamenko that was a super article on the GOLD Intel SSD. So beautiful! When will we know for sure if it is Sandforce or something else??

 

[flamenko]

flamenko that was a super article on the GOLD Intel SSD. So beautiful! When will we know for sure if it is Sandforce or something else??

I can state that Intel has released absolutely NO information about any SandForce SSD to anyone as of yet. Long time Cape my friend!!!

 

[capeconsultant]

Yes, long time Les! I get your emails and then go and read your stuff. I am going to be at the Hosting Con in Boston this year, maybe we could meet for coffee there SSD's are becoming... FINALLY, a hot feature for hosting servers. Many more hosts are offering them.

 

[IntelUser2000]

Sarcasm alert - In reality I suppose from a cost/profit point of view it doesn't make sense.

Their reasoning of doing anything is likely to boost CPU sales. Because X25-M proved that MLC NAND was viable, that jump started high performance, and much more affordable SSD development. They don't lose too much by not making their own controller.

If they make Sandforce based controller(if it stays top by then) and their work on firmware and collaboration with Sandforce turns out a reliable SSD, then there's little to lose and lot more to gain.

 

[Makaveli]

If anyone can fix the stability issues and firmware problems it would be intel.

 

[groberts101]

If anyone can fix the stability issues and firmware problems it would be intel.

yeah.. especially since they're partially responsible for some of the cause of those stability issues. :whiste:

When you can simply swap an Intel driver or switch the ACPI tabling around and suddenly gain stability?.. then all is not what it seems.

 

[Makaveli]

yeah.. especially since they're partially responsible for some of the cause of those stability issues. :whiste:

I would like to hear more about this do tell....

 

[Soccerman06]

I remember seeing a roadmap showing Cherryville being released in Q4, its almost over and no 520

Also, where the hell is Hawley Creek?