Quote Originally Posted by Smartidiot89 View Post
Intel is quite a "special" partner in this case... They've been working with SandForce for the past 10 months on the firmware. Pure speculation from my side is that this firmware will be Intel exclusive but we shall see. Anyway I have full faith in Intel when it comes to SSD's so perhaps (finally) I can recommend a SF-2281 SSD to people.
Agreed. I can't see Intel doing shed loads of validation just to let other SF vendors benefit. SF need a vendor that can validate (and help restore their product name), so it is in their interest to let Intel have special access to the firmware. On the other hand who would buy a SF drive from a different vendor if Intel were offering them. You would have to be insane. Oh the suspense.