Intel Will Release a 320 GB SSD by the End of the Year

While it usually takes years to become a recognized manufacturer or actor in a field (and only few days to destroy its reputation), Intel quickly demonstrates its skills and competence to release high-end SDDs on this emerging market. Today, and despite announcements from other manufacturers, the 80 GB Intel X25-M SSD remains the best in its class (see our previous tests, here and there). Its only problem is to have a limited storage space of 80 GB, while competitors offer 128 or 256 GB. While Intel released a model offering 160 GB, TC Magazine announced that the founder will still double storage space by the end of the year to reach 320 GB. Competitors should then offer SSDs with 512 GB. It seems that manufacturers will double capacity of their SDD models every six months, and if prices decrease accordingly, SSDs might capture the market of storage space unit in notebooks within 3 years.