Intel has begun shipping its X-25E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive, aimed at server, workstation and storage systems. It features 50nm single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory technology. Key technical performance specifications of the 32 GB Intel X-25E SATA SSD include 35,000 IOPS (4KB Random Read), 3,300 IOPS (4KB Random Write) and 75 microsecond read latency. The 32GB capacity drive is in production and priced at $695 for quantities up to 1,000. The 64GB version is expected to sample in the fourth quarter with production estimated for the first quarter of 2009.