Intel has not yet formally announced their new line of SSDs based on 34nm nand flash, but some details have leaked out slightly early. There should be an official announcement within the week.
The (very) basic details:
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cheaper
- 80 / 160 / 320GB models
- faster
- anticipated in stock at the end of July
More in-depth details:
(thanks to IntelUser at notebookreview for the below quote):
Quote:
Consumer PC/Mobile Segment
-Halogen Free
-32MB wear levelling buffer
-90MB/s sequential write
-AES 128-bit Encryption
-Advanced NCQ Features: Enhanced performance through status aggregation
-Advanced Smart Support: Improved drive statistics to monitor drive life
Workstation/Server
-Power Safe Write Cache
-All other features similar to Consumer/Mobile Segment(except sequential speeds of course)
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Since this is RFD, the main point for me is that the new models are cheaper than the outgoing ones. This is significant because the price per GB will now be in line with competing SSDs (namely Indilinx and Samsung) but with significantly higher performance.
For pricing info, I've found 2 links so far that should give an idea of the USA MSRP for the 80GB model:
$276
$261