Intel drives into flash market
It Wire
“Intel has joined the trend to solid-state drives based on NAND flash memory with 1, 2, 4 and 8G models.”
Intel has switched to a USB interface ATA or SATA so that manufacturers to “employ” drives as direct for rotating magnetic disks. Intel is expecting the new parts to be using in multiple things like “server, emerging market notebooks and low-cost, fully featured PCs. in addition, it will be used in intel embedded solutions for routers and point of sale terminals.” Intel also claims the Z- U130 will have write speeds up 20M/sec. “this higher performing solid state drive is a faster storage alternative that speeds through common PC or embedded application operations such as locating boot code, operating systems and commonly accessed libraries,” Intel officials said.