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Intel® X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives

High-performance storage for notebook and desktop PCs

High-performance storage for notebook and desktop PCs

The Intel® X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drive (SSD) brings a new level of performance and reliability to laptop and desktop PC storage.

Wait less. Do more.

Why wait for a traditional hard disk drive to spin up? Unlike traditional hard disk drives, Intel solid-state drives have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers faster system responsiveness. And for laptop PCs, the lower power needs of Intel SSDs translate to longer battery life and lighter notebooks. Higher performance with more durability means you can be truly mobile with confidence.

Better by design

Drawing from decades of memory engineering experience, Intel Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives are designed to deliver outstanding performance, featuring the latest-generation native SATA interface with an advanced architecture employing 10 parallel NAND flash channels equipped with multi-level cell NAND flash memory. With powerful Native Command Queuing to enable up to 32 concurrent operations, Intel Mainstream SATA SSDs deliver higher input/output per second and throughput performance than other SSDs on the market today - and drastically outperform traditional hard disk drives. These drives also feature low write amplification and a unique wear-leveling design for higher reliability, meaning Intel drives not only perform better - they last longer.

Two options. No worries.

Intel® Mainstream Solid-State Drives are available in either 2.5in (Intel® X25-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drive) or 1.8in (Intel® X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drive) standard hard drive form factors. And all Intel Mainstream SSDs are tested and validated on the latest Intel-based mobile and desktop platforms for your peace of mind.

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"What Intel did with the X25-M is show the world what is possible with MLC flash... Intel didn't start the SSD revolution but it sure did kick it into high gear.
— AnandTech, Sept. 8, 2008

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Technical specifications

Model Name Intel® X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drive
Intel® X25-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drive
Capacity 80GB and 160GB
NAND Flash Components Intel® Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND Flash Memory
10 Channel Parallel Architecture with 50nm MLC ONFI 1.0 NAND
Bandwidth Up to 250MB/s Read Speeds
Up to 70MB/s Write Speeds
Read Latency 85 microseconds
Interface SATA 1.5 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s
Form factor X18-M: Industry Standard Hard Drive Form Factor
  • 80GB drive: 1.8in by 5.0mm
  • 160GB drive: 1.8in by 8.0mm
X25-M: Industry Standard Hard Drive Form Factor
  • 80GB drive: 2.5in by 7mm and 2.5in by 9.5mm options
  • 160GB drive: 2.5in by 7mm and 2.5in by 9.5mm options
X25-M: 2.5in Industry Standard Hard Drive Form Factor
Compatibility SATA Revision 2.6 Compliant. Compatible with SATA 3.0 Gb/s with Native Command Queuing and SATA 1.5 Gb/s interface rates
Life expectancy 1.2 million hours Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF)
Power consumption Active: 150mW Typical (PC workload¹)
Idle (DIPM): 0.06W Typical
Operating shock 1,000G / 0.5ms
Operating temperature 0°C to +70°C
RoHS Compliance Meets the requirements of EU RoHS Compliance Directives
Product health monitoring Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) commands plus additional SSD monitoring

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¹ Active power is measured during execution of MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 benchmark. Drive will initiate DIPM request to the host if idle for 25msec whether or not standby or sleep command is received. If DIPM request is acknowledged, drive will enter idle power mode.

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