Corsair Extreme SSD 128GB  On Tuesday, Intel introduced a new
set of solid state drives (SSDs) that utilize 34nm Multi-Level
Cell (MLC) NAND flash memory, offering speed increases and
significantly lower prices.  Intel's new drives are the 80GB and
160GB X18-M 1.8-inch Mainstream SATA SSD and the 80GB and 160GB
X25-M 2.5-inch Mainstream SATA SSD drives. Since they share the
same name as the previous X18-M and WX25-M drives, the new
versions are drop-in replacements for the older 50nm drives.
The new drives offer a 25 percent reduction in latency and
increased random write performance (a 2x increase for the 80GB
version, a 2.5x boost for the 160GB). Intel is claiming a 250
megabyte per second (2,000-Mbps) sustained sequential read
bandwidth and a 70-MBps (560-Mbps) sustained sequential write
bandwidth. Both are within the technical limitations of 3-Gbps
SATA300 specification, but the read throughput is faster than
the 1.5 Gbps theoretical throughput of SATA150. In any case,
these are likely to be some of the