Intel upgrades to fix SSD performance flaw
The one that didn't exist
By Nick Farrell
Wednesday, 15 April 2009, 11:15
INTEL has offered a firmware upgrade for an SSD performance problem which it initially said did not exist.
Even now it claims that the SSD fragmentation issue unlikely to affect average users, but it has issued a firmware upgrade for its X25-M anyway.
It was claimed by PC Perspective reviewers that the drive suffers from fragmentation resulting in performance degradation over time. Intel said it could not replicate the results but soon found it was the only organisation on the planet which couldn't.
The firm posted its update here, while still managing to keep quiet on any ishoos it may or may not be able to replicate. µ