With immediate effect, solid-state drives (2.5", SATA, SLC) of a higher capacity are shipped with SIMATIC IPCs. This SSD innovation is price-neutral without a change to the order numbers. 

In place of today's options with 32 GB solid-state drives (SSD), SSDs with 50 GB capacity will be employed from now on. The SSD architecture continues to be based on Single Level Cell technology (SLC). The delivery start takes place from the beginning of 09/2011.

Products affected:

• SIMATIC IPC427C (Box PC)
• SIMATIC IPC627C (Box PC)
• SIMATIC IPC827C (Box PC)
• SIMATIC IPC647C (Rack PC)
• SIMATIC IPC847C (Rack PC)
• SIMATIC HMI IPC477C (Panel PC)
• SIMATIC HMI IPC577C (Panel PC)
• SIMATIC HMI IPC677C (Panel PC)