Intel has announced their Solid-State Drive 510 Series which accelerates SATA throughput for demanding client systems by utilizing SATA 6 gigabits per second (Gb/s) performance and proven Intel NAND Flash Memory based SSD technology. Available in a 2.5 inch form factor, the Intel SSD 510 Series supports data transfers of up to 500 megabytes per second (MB/s).
As an accelerated storage solution, the Intel SSD 510 Series makes desktops, workstations, and notebooks come alive by transferring more data in less time—expediting storage I/O and unleashing system performance!
Outperforms Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)
Designed to deliver outstanding performance, the Intel SSD 510 Series draws from decades of memory engineering experience and compute-quality Intel NAND Flash memory manufacturing. The drives feature the latest generation SATA 6 Gb/s interface with advanced architecture employing eight (8) parallel NAND flash channels equipped with multi-level-cell Intel NAND Flash Memory. The Intel SSD 510 Series delivers exceptional throughput – dramatically outperforming traditional Hard Disk Drives (HDDs).
In fact, the Intel SSD 510 Series outperforms two SATA 6 Gb/s 10,000 rpm RAIDed hard disk drives! High-end game and workstation systems benefit from increased storage performance over mechanical hard drive configurations. Mobile workstations now experience higher performance, as well as Intel SSD ruggedness, and power savings over RAIDed dual-bay HDDs.
Solid State means rugged, lower power
Unlike traditional hard disk drives, Intel Solid-State Drives have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers faster system responsiveness. Boot time, application launches, file loads, sleep recovery, benchmarks; each activity is faster with a 120GB or 250GB Intel SSD 510 Series device. Delivering sequential read speeds up to 500 MB/s and sequential write to 315 MB/s, the Intel SSD 510 Series dramatically accelerates operating systems and application performance.
Designed to satisfy the most demanding gamers, media creators, and technology enthusiasts, the Intel SSD 510 Series brings high performance storage and reliability to notebook and desktop systems.
Capacities to fit your needs
Whether you choose 120GB or 250GB capacity, the Intel SSD 510 Series provides an optimized SATA 6 Gb/s storage solution, accelerating performance and making your system come alive! Experience the hard-drive alternative with a 6 Gb/s Intel SSD 510 Series.
More info and technical specs here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Jen” for the heads up.]
When will SSDs be available in 1 TB sizes?
…and I can put them in a 4-8 bay hot-swappable enclosure.
…but for MBPs?
Bloody hell can I order this as an option on the MacBook Pro
So Intel’s new controller matches the new Sandforce 2000 controller in some ways. That’s good. I’d love to see a comparison in testing in Anandtech.
By the way, while Intel’s SSD have proven to be very reliable, even more so than HDD’s, on average, an SSD is LESS reliable than the average HDD. Such is the fate of a new technology.
On the new MacBook Pro’s, anybody know whose SSD’s Apple installs?
How many Gigs do I get for a kidney?
Shame not even my MacPro supports SATA 3 but is stuck on 2, thus we can’t even use the fastest SSD on the market let alone this super fast one from Intel.
Come on Apple, up your game and get some new SATA interfaces in your computers so we can make use of fast SSD drives.
In related news, Skynet just acheived consciousness.
@BW: Currently, I think Apple uses Toshiba SSD’s and they really aren’t very good 😛
I wonder if the new macbook pros support Sata 6Gb/s Either way, depending on the price, I may just shell out for one of these – though I will wait until Lion because of the inbuilt TRIM support.
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