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Dec 29, 2010

Intel's 310 Series SSDs Are an Eighth the Size of Their Predecessors

SSDs are great, and they're getting smaller all the time. A lot smaller. Intel's teeny new 310 Series SSDs deliver the same performance as the x25s that came before them, but they're just an eighth the size.

The new drives, intended for notebooks, tablets, and rugged industrial and military devices, are 51mm-by-30mm and a mere 5mm thick.

Lenovo's signed the 310 up for their next-generation ThinkPads, and DRS Technology's planning on sliding the 310 in a tablet next year. Intel's shipping drives to OEMs in 1000-unit quantities in two capacities: 40GB ($99) and 80GB ($179). They say it's the first salvo in a wave of new solid state drives they'll be firing off next year, to which I say bring it on. The smaller and the faster the better.



16 comments:

  1. Suciô SanchezDecember 29, 2010 at 2:48 PM

    Small objects of desire.

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  2. PDecember 29, 2010 at 3:03 PM

    That is redonculous. Whoa. Seriously... Technology is getting so insane these days.

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  3. MaxDecember 29, 2010 at 3:26 PM

    Technology expands at an amazing rate.

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  4. appleciderDecember 29, 2010 at 3:35 PM

    next thing you know, these stuff will be the size of a pea

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  5. mrecanDecember 29, 2010 at 4:42 PM

    they are easily lost. nice tactic to sale more

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  6. UnknownDecember 29, 2010 at 4:45 PM

    Thats awesome :D intel is leading the way to the future. their new processors are amazing.

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  7. LesDecember 29, 2010 at 5:32 PM

    I can remember having to use floppy disks to move information around, now look at what we can store in such a small space. It's insane.

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  8. Mister SharafDecember 29, 2010 at 5:42 PM

    tech is too fast

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  9. Monster MadnessDecember 29, 2010 at 5:58 PM

    Cool, that's progress :)

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  10. TannebaumDecember 29, 2010 at 6:17 PM

    way cool bro!

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  11. UnknownDecember 29, 2010 at 7:48 PM

    Nice, time to upgrade the notebook

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  12. ericsDecember 29, 2010 at 8:56 PM

    that's tiny as. towers will soon be smaller than speaker methinks.

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  13. 000December 29, 2010 at 10:06 PM

    so damn small!

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  14. SinisaDecember 29, 2010 at 10:58 PM

    I want one :-)

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  15. AnonymousDecember 30, 2010 at 5:27 AM

    i want an array of these!

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  16. kkazzammDecember 31, 2010 at 2:29 AM

    Just waiting on while not true price parity at least price competition with standard sata drives. I am so tempted to buy an SSD for my wifes pc if nothing else. tired of hearing "its so slow"

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