| By Maureen O'Gara |
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| December 5, 2008 09:00 AM EST |
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Intel has cut a joint venture with Hitachi to make solid state drives (SSDs) for servers, high-end workstations and storage – not the consumer goods where such pricey widgetry is usually found these days.
Their first products, branded and sold exclusively by Hitachi, are supposed to appear early in 2010, putting the effort behind other SSD players.
Intel, which will split R&D costs with Hitachi, is trying to change its luck with Flash where it’s already lost a pretty penny because of a market glut.
It will be Hitachi’s first dive into SSD.
The Japanese company intends to keep making conventional drives.
The SSDs would service applications that require high-speed I/O that need power efficiency. SSDs are sturdier, faster and more power-efficient than conventional drives and if the price was competitive, well, traditional drives would be passé.
Intel will supply the chips – which it makes with Micron – and the packaging. Hitachi will supply the rest and integrate the stuff into useable systems.
The pair has to counter Samsung.
About Maureen O'Gara
Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.
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