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Intel's plans for their solid-state drives (SSD) for 2013 are beginning to form, where we should see the release of the mainstream SSD 335 series, and the performance SSD 525 series getting released.
Intel could also unleash their latest 20nm NAND flash memory technology onto some of these bad boys.
Much faster speeds are to introduced. Apparently the'll be using the SandForce SD-2281 controller w/ 20 nm MLC - Multi Level Cell NAND flash memory.
The Intel 335, 240GB ver. comes with a 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write. Much quicker than before as you might remember
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More info, to come.
SOURCE:
Intel to release SSD 335, SSD 525 series in 2013 :: TweakTown USA Edition,
http://www.techpowerup.com/174125/Intel-335-Series-Solid-State-Drive-Appears-in-Japan.html,
http://www.fastestssd.com/new-ssds/intel-moves-to-20nm-ssds-in-2012/
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SandForce SD-2281 controller (Intel's firmware/validation) w/ 20 nm MLC - Multi Level Cell NAND flash memory
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Samsung's MDX controller w/ 21nm 2bpc MLC NAND
Who's will be more reliable? Better value? Better performance under various condition? This will be very interesting.
AnandTech - Samsung SSD 840 Pro (256GB) Review
While the 830 used Samsung's 27nm MLC NAND, the 840 Pro uses Samsung's latest 21nm MLC NAND. The move to 21nm will eventually drive NAND pricing lower, although today Samsung expects price parity between the TLC equipped 840 and the old MLC 830. The 840 Pro should sell for a 25 - 30% premium over the current 830.
The move to 21nm is also coupled with a move to a 400Mbps Toggle 2.0 NAND interface. Block and page sizes remain the same for 2bpc MLC 21nm NAND, and maximum capacity per die is still 8GB. Although beyond the scope of this article, 3bpc TLC 21nm NAND sees 50% slower program/erase times compared to the 2bpc MLC 21nm NAND.
Both the 840 and 840 Pro use Samsung's 4th generation SSD controller. Samsung's MAX controller was used in the SSD 470, its successor, the MBX controller, wasn't used in retail drives, while MCX debuted in the 830 and MDX is in the 840/840 Pro. The basic architecture of the controller hasn't changed. Internally there are three ARM9 cores now running at 300MHz. Update: Samsung originally listed ARM9 cores but has since told us that there are three ARM Cortex R4s inside of the new MDX controller.
The MDX controller features a hardware AES-256 encryption engine that's managed using a system BIOS password like most other drives in this class.
The MDX controller is paired with 512MB of LPDDR2-1066 in the Samsung SSD 840 Pro, doubling up the DRAM used in the 830 as well as increasing bandwidth to DRAM by 33%:
The 840 Pro will be available in 64 - 512GB capacities. Although the controller supports up to 1TB of NAND, Samsung believes that the ultra-high-density NAND required to hit 1TB is too cost prohibitive at this point. Spare area is set at around 7% by default, although users will be able to adjust it via Samsung's SSD Magician utility. The vanilla 840 on the other hand will boast more spare area (likely to help manage endurance on the TLC NAND) and will launch at 120GB, 250GB and 500GB capacities as a result.
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The clash of the titans!
They are going to be the two kings without doubt though
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They are supposed to be closer to 500/450 now, instead of the usual "Up to 500 MB/s and 450 MB/s not sure though, this is what I understood so far. Better 4k speeds and such
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Cool. What about the 525 specs?
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R3d just linked it.
I'm talking about the companies, Samsung and Intel, not the series themselves noticed you've got two 830 yourself
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Intel to release SSD 335, 525 in 2013 (maybe late November, early December)
Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jaug1337, Oct 22, 2012.
