Intel's 320 GB 'Postville' SSD May Arrive Soon
More information has surfaced in regards to the unannounced Postville SSDs from Intel.
A forum post on Canadian website RedFlagDeals is reporting that new details have surfaced in regards to Intel's upcoming line of Postville SSDs based on 32nm NAND flash. In addition to the 80 GB and 160 GB models, Intel will also provide a 320 GB model as originally reported last month (story). The drives are also slated to feature a higher performance than SSD's offered by rival manufacturers.
In regards to pricing, this site and this site list the 80 GB for $276 and $261 USD respectively, and are cheaper than the existing SSDs. The drives are expected to be in stock by the end of the month, however Intel has yet to formally announce the Postville line (which should be within the week).
The post also reveals that the consumer PC and mobile models will be Halogen free, feature a 32 MB wear leveling buffer, 90 MB/sec. sequential write performance, AES 128-bit Encryption, advanced NCQ features with enhanced performance through status aggregation, and Advanced Smart Support with improved drive statistics to monitor drive life.
As for the workstation and server models, the Postville line will feature power safe write cache and all other features found with the consumer PC and mobile versions (save for the sequential speeds, which will be faster).
Expect an official announcement from Intel before the end of the month.
Holy crap is a Caviar Black noticeably slow compared to the X25-M. Not that anybody needed me to tell them that.
Now I have technological lust again!
DAMN YOU SILICON!!!!!!!!
No, it's a 2.5" SSD. The smaller one is 1.8".
Well, this is great news...except I just bought a X-25M. Oh well.
No thank you, I will save my cash and buy a traditionl drive. You can pick 1Tb drives for under $100 now. 500Gb for just over $50 at Newegg.
You do realize that people buy these for the performance, not the capacity right? Or did you deliberately miss the point? The best combo is SSD for OS and programs + high capacity HDD for miscellaneous data.
Agree, but I'd add that the best combo is SSD for OS and programs + redundant HDD array for miscellaneous data / back-up.
It's been a whole day and they still haven't fixed that one.