Intel positions its new entry level SSD X25-V as a fast boot drive for desktop PCs in combination with a hard disk for the data. Also in netbooks see the manufacturer has a suitable application of the X25-V. Intel's X25-V "value" is based on the mainstream variant X25 G2-M . Accordingly found in the entry-level and the Intel SSD controller PC29AS21BA0 together with the 32-MB SDRAM cache. In the Flash devices, the X25-V also uses as the X25-M G2, the 34-nm MLC NAND type Intel 29F64G08CAMD1. However, there are in the 40-gigabyte SSD only five instead of ten MLC NAND. Properly manage the 10-channel Intel-only controller with five active channels, the Flash IC. Intel offers with the new X25-V is a very cheap solid state disk with 40GB capacity. The built in Intel technology will offer in spite of the attractive entry price a convincing performance.
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