Jason Dunn
02-06-2009, 05:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Cuts+SSD+Prices+to+Fight+OCZ+Apex+Other+Competitors/article14188.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Cuts...rticle14188.htm</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Intel has announced a series of price cuts on its lineup of SLC (Single Level Cell) and MLC (Multi Level Cell) Solid State Drives. Their NAND flash is produced by IM Flash Technologies, an Intel joint venture with Micron Technologies. Lower sales due to the global economic slump are a key reason for the price cuts. However, declining NAND flash prices are lowering production costs for Intel's competitors, many of which are entering the market with a new generation of products. Intel launched their 160GB X-25M for $945 just under two months ago."</em></p><p>This is the kind of competition I like to see: a bunch of compeditors fighting for a new market, each trying to release the best product at the lowest price, all competing with each other. I don't own any device with an SSD yet, but I'm pretty sure that by the end of the year, I'll have slapped an SSD into something I own - the temptation is too great, though what's keeping me away is the poor price/storage ratio. As that improves, SSDs will become impossible to resist...</p>