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Intel has announced its latest SSD range, the 25nm-based 320 Series, replacing the existing X25-M and slashing prices by up to $100. Available in 40-, 80-, 120-, 160, 300- and 600GB capacities, the third-gen SSDs more than double sequential write speeds as well, up to 220 MB/s sequential writes, together with up to 270 MB/s sequential reads. Read The Full Story

We're not entirely convinced that an SSD is everybody's idea of a great holiday gift, but if you're shopping for the geek in your life then the news that Intel has slashed solid-state drive prices and introduced a new, 120GB X25-M SATA model might be useful. The 80GB X25-M SSD now has an RRP of $199, while the new 120GB drive has an RRP of $249. Read The Full Story

"Cheap" and "SSD" are not two words you generally hear in the same sentence, but Intel are hoping to change that - or at least head somewhere toward it - with their latest drive.  The Intel X25-V Value SATA SSD comes in at roughly $125, significantly lower than the company have been charging for their previous solid-state drives, though as you might expect there are some compromises made to achieve that price-point. Read The Full Story

Intel have begun shipping the 160GB version of their X25-M solid-state drive.  The new SSD doubles the capacity of the previous model, the 80GB, and is initially only available in the 2.5-inch form-factor; a 1.8-inch 160GB X18-M SSD will begin shipping in January 2009.  No official pricing has been announced for either drive; however the 80GB X25-M currently retails for around $540. Read The Full Story

It must be a day for big Intel SSD RAID arrays.  If DosPara's six drive Prime SSD-RAID server is, at $9,320, a bit rich for your blood, HotHardware have been testing out what performance you can expect from just two of Intel's X25-M 80GB solid-state drives.  Paired together in a RAID 0 (striped) setup, the team found I/O speeds pretty much double what you'd get from a single drive. Read The Full Story