MLC is a more sophisticated technology than current SLC. Intel is set to move into the high-capacity SSD market on the back of its multilevel cell technology and current SSD manufacturers such as Samsung and Toshiba have also moved from single-level cell to multilevel cell. The STEC products page lists enterprise SSDs with read/write performance of 200MBps and 100MBps, respectively. This compares favorably with standard 2.5-inch hard disk drives. Wilkison said that his company's drives offer read speeds in excess of 100 megabytes-per-second (MBps) and write speeds better than 65MBps. These drives are based on MLC technology and offer better performance than hard disk drives. STEC offers solid-state drives with capacities up to 256GB in a 1.8-inch form factor, the same physical size as those drives used in ultra-light, ultra-slim notebooks today. You'll get a 128GB of storage for less than half the price (of the 64GB drive)," said Patrick Wilkison, vice president of marketing and business development at STEC, a supplier of MLC-based solid-state drives. "Compared to the price you're paying today for a 64GB drive. ThinkPad X300 and HP 2510p-to MLC technology.
Virtually all SSD manufacturers have moved from single-level cell (SLC)-which is used in products like the MacBook Air, the Adoption by notebook PC makers is expected to start in the third quarter, according to industry sources. For example, for only 64GB of SSD storage on the MacBook Air, a consumer must pay a premium of about $1,000 over the 80GB hard disk drive model.īut the cost per gigabyte of solid-state drive storage will drop as notebook PC makers like Apple switch to solid-state drives with capacities above 100GB based on multilevel cell (MLC) technology. Today, a consumer pays dearly for a solid-state drive (SSD). Future versions of the MacBook Air will pack larger-capacity but lower-cost solid-state drives, emblematic of the next generation of flash storage that will make a quick descent from current stratospheric pricing.
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