Intel Phases out SSD Shipment for Netbook Market
In less than a year after the product launching, Intel Inc has decided to phase out the Z-P230 SSD (Solid State Device) that was originally targeted for low end market. The PATA based SSD series has been sold since June last year ranging from 4GB to 16GB at a price of less than $45 suitable for both netbook and nettop usage due to its smaller form factor and reliability.
Basically there are three series of 4GB, 8GB and 16GB retailing at a price of $15, $25 and $45 respectively. Seems that the giant chipmaker is trying to focus on its mainstream SSD with higher memory capacity as well as profit margin targeted for enterprise use by depleting these series that are more price sensitive for consumer market.
Intel already issued the PCN (Product Change Notice) to its customers notifying that the last order will be ended by May 4th 2009 with the final shipment to customers happen on the following month.
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April 9th, 2009 12:23
I expect alot of consolidation ahead and only the best solid-state SSD disk drive makers will survive. Intel will be one of them. The NetBook market ain’t nothing to sneeze at but I can see why they don’t want to bother trying to market and retail $15-$45 SSD flash modules for Net Books. Big, Fat, FAST solid-state drives for enterprise and high-end consumers is the smart money to go after.