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.
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"32 MB wear leveling buffer, 90 MB/sec. sequential write"
Competition is offereing 128MB buffer and >200MB/s seq. write. Intel may still be using FLASH with smaller erase blocks which limit seq. write but allow for faster random writes than competitors.
Depends too much on applications and usage patterns.
^ give one circumstance while these SSD's aren't obsolete when you'll need any higher than 90MB/s write.
The fact is that intel PROVIDES 70 MB/sec sequential write on the current drives, no matter what. If you look that the competition the performance decreases, even with the latest firmware and is just an inferior drive all together. You pay a premium for the intel drives, but it's worth in my mind.