The TRIM thread

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There's already a discussion on TRIM ( http://communities.intel.com/thread/5059?tstart=0 ), but the "Will the 34nm 25X-M drives be the only ones that will be able to be flashed for TRIM support?" question is not really the point of this thread.

Microsoft Windows 7 with TRIM support is already out there for MSDN subscribers like me (there's also a public Windows 7 RC), Linux kernel does support TRIM from version 2.6.28 and many users are waiting for TRIM support in order to buy an Intel SSD (G2).

So... what's the plan for a TRIM-capable firmware? Is there an ETA?

Thank you.

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Will Intel's Trim support more than just NTFS partitions? I read elsewhere that competitors Trim implementations are windows only.

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I think that with a TRIM-capable device driver and a TRIM capable controller/firmware, TRIM should be filesystem agnostic and operating system agnostic, as it should work at a lower level, being an ATA command (ATA8-ACS2). Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Example of the TRIM effectiveness on an Indilinx driven SSD with 1711 beta firmware (with TRIM support).

SuperTalent UltraDrive GX 17114KB Random Write IOPSClean Drive13.1 MB/sUsed Drive6.93 MB/sUsed Drive After TRIM12.9 MB/s

Source: http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3625

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ETA: "When Windows 7 ships."

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3605&cp=3 http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3605&cp=3

I'll start looking for it to turn up in October.

(There is a brand new 1.3 Firmware just posted within the last 24 hours though. No indication if it includes TRIM or not.)