Intel refreshes consumer line of SSDs, drops price

Intel debuted the third generation of its consumer solid state drives on Monday, promising increased reliability while at the same time lowering the price by as much as $100 or more in some capacities. The 320 series drives would replace the popular X25-M drives which the company began to push in earnest last year.

Prices on average dropped about 30 percent, which came as a result of advancements in the manufacturing process. Overall drives are expensive, however -- about $1.80 per gigabyte -- which some analysts believe is still higher than most consumers would be willing to pay.

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Small Setback for Intel's SSDs

Intel has pulled back shipments of the X25-M 2.5" and X18-M 1.8" solid state drives. These new SSDs are based on 34NM lithography technology. These new drives are more cost efficient than the previous 50NM technology drives. Intel admits that a data corruption problem occurs when a users sets up a BIOS password, then disables or modifies the password and reboots the computer. This causes the SSD to become inoperable and the data becomes irretrievable. Intel has issued a firmware upgrade as a fix.