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Monday, April 16, 2012
Intel Solid-State Drive 330 Series Released
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Intel officially announced today the Intel Solid-State
Drive 330 Series, a SATA 6 gigabit-per-second (Gb/s)
solid-state drive (SSD) based on Sandforce SF-2281
controllers and designed as a more affordable entry into
the accelerated storage performance of SSDs.
The Intel SSD 330 Series is offered in 60 gigabytes
(GB), 120GB and 180GB versions. It contains Intel
25-nanometer (nm) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND memory.
Its SATA 6Gb/s interface doubles the bandwidth of its
current SATA 3Gb/s Intel SSD 320 Series, providing up to
500 megabytes-per-second (MB/s) sequential read speeds
and up to 450MB/s sequential write speeds. Random read
performance can go up to 22,500 Input-Output Operations
Per Second (IOPS) and 33,000 write IOPS.
The Intel SSD 330 Series comes in a standard
2.5-inch/9.5mm form factor as a replacement to an HDD.
It can be used in a dual-drive desktop PC configuration
to speed up boot times and applications speeds, or as a
single-drive notebook upgrade.
Available beginning today worldwide at a suggested
channel price of $89 for a 60GB drive, $149 for a 120GB
drive and $234 for a 180GB drive. It is also backed by a
3-year limited warranty.
Intel is currently offering a range of SSD choices
within four product families. The Intel SSD 300 Family
is aimed at entry-level, mainstream client users. The
Intel SSD 500 Family offers more fully featured,
higher-performing client SSDs for computer and gaming
enthusiasts. The Intel SSD 700 and Intel SSD 900
Families are targeted for data center applications.
Intel SSD
330 |
Capacity |
60GB |
120GB |
180GB |
Controller |
SandForce SF-2281 |
SandForce SF-2281 |
SandForce SF-2281 |
Interface |
6Gbps SATA |
6Gbps SATA |
6Gbps SATA |
Random Read Performance (Up
to) |
12K IOPS |
22.5K IOPS |
42K IOPS |
Random Write Performance (Up
to) |
20.5K IOPS |
33K IOPS |
52K IOPS |
Sequential Read Performance
(Up to) |
500 MB/s |
500 MB/s |
500 MB/s |
Sequential Write Performance
(Up to) |
400 MB/s |
450 MB/s |
450 MB/s |
Warranty |
3 years |
3 years |
3 years |
MSRP |
$89 |
$149 |
$234 |
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