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The new gen drives are really about more capacity, anything else is just a bonus. They will have a new controller and with a bit of guess work from what I have been able to pick up so far write performance will be much improved and the effects of degradation will also be reduced. Add to this the high likelihood that native TRIM will be supported. That said if the performance increases will be perceivable by most users is another question.
Price is going to be interesting. Intel are telling their investors that “advancements will expand the value proposition and accelerate the adoption of solid-state drive (SSD) solutions in computing platforms” “Value” with Intel does not mean cheap because they link value to performance, so they are not likely to be as cheap as HDD for some time yet.
Accelerated adoption is really linked to three issues; price, capacity and reliability. Price is the number one problem to wider adoption, but the perception of technology readiness is also a real issue for people sitting on the side lines. The new drives should address a lot of the problematic issues that have put people off (assuming 34nm does not bring its own problems.) On cost Intel are again making their own NAND via their joint venture with Micron, so they are not at the mercy of external supplier price hikes. The issue is how many of these do they plan to sell to make a return on their investment. Hopefully they are planning to sell lots at a lower price.
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