Intel announced the new 320-series SSD with a maximum of 600 GB, and the movie just said that "HDD is not a terrible thing"

Intel, which is working on SSD in cooperation with Micron Technology, has announced the new 320 series, the third generation of SSDs.

Recording capacity is 600 GB maximum, furthermore besides the fact that the main price has become reasonable by adopting the latest 25 nm manufacturing process, bull movies comparing performance with HDD are also released.

Details are as below.
Intel Announces Third-Generation SSD: Intel Solid-State Drive 320 Series

According to Intel 's press release, it is said that the company will newly release the 320 series as the third - generation SSD. There are six types of 2.5-inch models: 40 GB, 80 GB, 120 GB, 160 GB, 300 GB and 600 GB, and 1.8 inch models are 80 GB, 160 GB and 300 GB.

In addition to realizing further high cost performance by adopting the latest 25 nm manufacturing process, the same model also offers 128-bit AES encryption as an extension of data security function as a function for users wishing to switch from HDD Supports, power loss management, innovative data redundancy features.

Data read / write speed is like this. In the case of the 600 GB model, reading is 270 MB maximum per second and writing is up to 220 MB per second.


Random data read / write speed. By the way "IOPS"Input Output Per Second", which represents the number of possible I / O (read / write processing) per second.


This is 320 series main body.


It is possible to replace it with the HDD of the notebook computer.


It is an MLC (multi-level cell) model with an average failure interval of 1.2 million hours, and it can be used for servers as well.


The package looks something like this.


The unit price per unit shipped for 1000 units is 89 dollars (about 7300 yen) for the 40 GB model, $ 159 (about 13,000 yen) for the 80 GB model, $ 209 (about 17,000 yen) for the 120 GB model, The 160GB model is $ 289 (about 24,000 yen), the 300GB model is $ 529 (about 43,000 yen), and the 600GB model is $ 1069 (about 87,000 yen), both of which are products of three years Warranty is attached.

Also, Intel has released a demo movie comparing the 320 series with HDDs compatible with 7200 rotations. In the launch speed showdown that was first done, the SSD won the victory at nearly five times speed.

YouTube - Intel Solid-State Drive 320 Series Boot Demo


The multitask showdown that opens office software in a standing way also has a difference more than three times.

YouTube - Intel Solid-State Drive 320 Series Corporate Workload Demo