25nm Flash Solid State Drive extended to February next year

The 25nm NAND flash memory produced by Intel and Micron joint ventures has already been mass-produced in May this year. We originally believed that Intel’s plans to introduce third-generation SSDs that use this flash memory in the fourth quarter of this year have been robust enough. However, according to recent news from European media, Intel recently revised its plan to postpone the release of the SSDs to February next year.

According to the previously leaked roadmap, Intel plans to launch the third-generation X25-M and X25-V codenamed Postville Refresh in the fourth quarter of this year to take advantage of the 25-nm MLC NAND flash memory to double capacity and improve performance. What's more important is that The price dropped sharply. In the first quarter of next year, the new X18-M and enterprise-class X25-E will be introduced.

However, according to the latest news, Intel recently revised the plan. In the fourth quarter of this year, Smart introduced a new X25-M and still uses 34nm flash memory and a second-generation controller chip to meet the market demand for different capacity products. The large-scale third-generation product launch was postponed to February next year.

It is said that this extension relates to production capacity. When the Intel X25-M G2 was released last year, it immediately attracted widespread attention due to its outstanding performance, and it was in a state of oversupply until 2010. Therefore, although the 25nm chip has already been mass-produced early and the yield rate is also good, Intel is still prepared to accumulate production capacity for a period of time. When the new product is officially released, it can not only attract the eyeball with performance, but also provide stable and adequate supply to meet consumer demand. .

In fact, vendors have recently begun to demonstrate solid-state drives using the Intel/Micron 25nm flash technology. However, due to the fact that their supply is definitely coming from these two vendors, downstream manufacturers should not be allowed to introduce such products before the official launch of Intel and Micron's 25nm flash SSDs.