Intel's SSD

Intel and Micron teamed up and started IM flash company is an old story. Intel, the x86 processor emperor, started focusing more on SSD is great thing for consumer and enterprise. Intel is well known for setting goals high and achieving them with great dedication. As part of its SSD initiative, Intel demoed its SSD which really made wow-factor comparing existing SSDs right now in the market. It is performance numbers are really high. Intel's SSD comes with 2 catagories 1) Enterprise SSD based on Single level cell - SLC (code named X25-E and X18-E) 2) Consumer Mainstream model based on Multi level cell - MLC (Code named X25-M and X18-M), here 25 denotes form factor of 2.5" and 18 is 1.8". Both supports Interface SATA 3Gbps.
Some numbers are
For, X25-E (SLC)

1. READ -sustained 250 MBps
2. WRITGE -sustained 170 MBps
3. Power consumption - Active: 2.4W Typical, Idle (DIPM): 0.06W Typical
4. Life expectancy - 1.2 million hours Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF)
5. Read Latency - 75 microseconds
6. Capacity 32GB and 64GB

For X25-M (MLC)

1. READ -upto 250 MBps
2. WRITGE -upto 70 MBps
3. Power consumption - Active: 150mW Typical, Idle (DIPM): 0.06W Typical
4. Life expectancy - 1.2 million hours Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF)
5. Read Latency - 85 microseconds
6. Capacity 80GB and 160GB

Random write is the one all MLC SSDs are suffering today and I am not able to find data for that. But considering intel's profile, it would have addressed random write issues.

More info at http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/extreme/index.htm
and http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/index.htm