Seagate and Western Digital, companies we have previously covered in this guide, are established titans of the disk drive industry.
Intel, by contrast, is a new entrant and as befits a company built on silicon, it eschews spinning platters and magnetoresistant media in favour of solid state disks (SSDs).
Below, you'll find details of Intel's three current SSD models:
Intel X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive
Intel X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives - 50nm edition
Intel X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives - 34nm edition
Intel X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive
Form factor- 2.5" x 7mm
Capacity - 32GB and 64GB
Interface(s) - SATA 1.5 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s
Cache - Write cache enabled
Working power consumption - Active: 2.4W Typical (server workload)
Active power is measured on an IOMeter workload of full bandwidth 64K sequential writes with queue
depth 1
Idle power consumption - Idle (DIPM): 0.06 W Typical
Mean time between failure - 2 Million hours
Intended role - Servers, storage and workstations
Intel X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives - 50nm edition
Form factor -Available in 1.8" and 2.5" Form Factors
Capacity -80 GB and 160 GB
Interface(s) -SATA 1.5 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s
Cache -Write cache enabled
Working power consumption -Active: 150mW Typical (PC workload)
Active power is measured during execution of MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 benchmark. Drive
will initiate DIPM request to the host if idle for 25msec whether or not standby or sleep command
is received. If DIPM request is acknowledged, drive will enter idle power mode.
Idle power consumption -Idle (DIPM): 60mW Typical
Mean time between failure -1.2 million hours
Intended role -Notebook and desktop PCs
Intel X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives - 34nm edition
Form factor - 1.8" and 2.5"
Capacity - 80 GB and 160 GB
Interface(s) - SATA 1.5 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s
Cache - Write cache enabled
Working power consumption - Active: 150mW Typical (PC workload)
Active power is measured during execution of MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 benchmark. Drive
will initiate DIPM request to the host if idle for 25msec whether or not standby or sleep command
is received. If DIPM request is acknowledged, drive will enter idle power mode.
Idle power consumption - Idle (DIPM): 75mW Typical
Mean time between failure - 1.2 million hours
Intended role - Notebook and desktop PCs