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Solid-State Drives (SSDs) compared to traditional hard disk drives
Solid-state storage technology typically provides faster system performance than traditional magnetic media drives (aka hard disk drives or HDDs). In addition, there are no moving parts in SSDs and therefore the risk of mechanical failure is near zero. Solid-state drives also provide improved overall system responsiveness while consuming much less power than a traditional hard disk drive. This translates into a cooler, quieter platform.
Find out more:
- Watch the video: Rackable Systems server solution achieves significantly higher IOPS performance and power efficiency using Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA SSDs as compared to HDDs
- Watch the video: Verari Systems server and storage blade solutions achieve significantly higher performance/value increases using Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA SSDs as compared to HDDs
- Watch the animation: "Move up to Intel® High-Performance Solid-State Drive Technology"
- Watch the video: "Baja 500 Intel® Solid-State Drive Test"
- View customer video: Espial IPTV Solution
Intel® Solid-State Drive technology
Intel's SSDs unique, innovative technology designs provide longer battery life, faster system responsiveness, and more durability, for a better user experience.
Find out more:
- Watch the animation: "Intel® Solid-State Drives: Better by Design"
- Watch the videos from Intel executives Gordon Moore and Pat Gelsinger and Dadi Perlmutter
- View customer testimonial: Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems
Solid-State Drive standards and initiatives
Intel is actively involved with organizations driving flash memory standards cross-industry. Intel's current and future products are built to these specifications as they are ratified.
- Visit the Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) site
- Read the Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) specification details
Intel® Solid-State Drive solutions
Intel currently offers high-performance solid-state drives in industry-standard form factors for servers, laptops and desktop PCs, along with embedded solid-state drives for netbooks, nettops, mobile internet devices (MIDs), digital entertainment and other small form-factor designs.
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Read about the entire Intel® Solid-State Drive Family of Products
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