"Intel has announced the arrival of a new family of solid state drives called the 310 Series which complements the existing range of X25 models. . . Two drives will be available in 40GB and 80GB with reads of 170MBps and 200MBps respectively with writes of 35MBps and 80MBps; . . . available only to OEM for $99 and $179 in 1000-unit quantities . . . The 310 Series use the minuscule mini-SATA form factor and a new 34nm manufacturing process. . . " http://www.itproportal.com/2010/12/30/intel-launches-tiny-solid-state-drives/