Intel 34nm SSD gets potential 40% write speed boost

Oct 26th 2009
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Intel today posted a crucial firmware update for its current-generation 34 nanometer solid-state drives that promises a major lift to their performance. The X25-M series now supports the Trim, or ATA Data Set Management Command, to more efficiently write to the drive. By better recognizing and shuffling which data blocks aren’t used, Trim avoids unnecessarily rewriting to the disk and speeds up its overall transfer speed….

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