Intel Unveils New SSD 510 Series Supporting SATA 6Gbps

Intel has been in the SATA storage market for a long time now. The company has SSDs that range from somewhat affordable up to the costly enterprise versions. Intel has announced that it has a new SSD to add to its storage line called the Intel SSD 510. The big feature of the new SSD is that it works with 6Gbps SATA ports and promises to outperform 10k RPM traditional HDDs by up to 50%.

That is a very significant performance lead if Intel can meet that claim. The SSD supports data transfer at up to 500MB/s and has sequential read speeds of up to 315MB/s. Like all other SSDs the new 510 has no moving parts meaning it will last longer and needs less power to operate.

“The Intel SSD 510 Series helps round out our SSD product line and was specifically designed for applications that require high sequential media transfers,” said Pete Hazen, director of marketing for Intel’s NAND Solutions Group. “Whether it’s a gamer wanting impeccable visual performance and faster game loading, or a performance-intensive workstation user, the new 6Gbps SATA SSD from Intel is not only significantly faster than the top 10,000 RPM gaming HDD, it’s also faster than two RAIDed gaming HDDs.”

Intel is aiming this SSD at the gamer and computer user looking for performance for things like boot times and game level loading. Inside the shiny aluminum, case of the SSD hides 34nm NAND flash memory and the SSD comes in two storage capacities. The 250GB version sells for $584 and the 120GB version will cost $284. Both of the prices are assuming you purchase in lots of 1000 units. The SSDs are also being offered via online stores and will be available to purchase on an individual basis.

“As a game developer the number one thing we try to optimize during development isn't our game's memory usage or frames per second, but our content creator's iteration time,” said Dave Lang, CEO of Iron Galaxy, a Chicago-based game development studio. “By transitioning our team to Intel's 6Gbps SSDs, we've seen a dramatic 15 to 20 percent improvement in the time it takes one of our developers to make a change in the editor, then get to try it out in-game. Faster iterations mean more iterations, which means a better game for the consumer.”

Updates

Here's How Intel Influences the Dow

Source: AOL News

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which senior technology analyst Eric Bleeker and consumer goods editor and analyst Austin Smith discuss topics across the investing world. While indexes ...
Full article at: AOL News  More like this  14 hours ago, 8:15am CDT

Why Intel Deserves Another Look

Source: Barron's Online

Intel is going mobile. It's taken awhile. Shares of the world's largest producer of computer chips have been stuck in the mud in recent years because Intel (ticker: INTC) failed to adapt its high-powered chip architecture to the low-po ...
Full article at: Barron's Online  More like this  19 hours ago, 3:40am CDT

Lenovo ThinkPad X230 Laptop

Source: New Best Gadgets

Lenovo has officially introduced a new ultra-light and ultra-thin laptop in ThinkPad X series, . Comes with raven black color with square angled chassis and legendary ThinkPad performance plus starting weig ...
Full article at: New Best Gadgets  More like this  1 day ago, 10:10pm CDT

Don't miss ...

news

 

OCZ Octane is World's first 1TB 2.5-inch SSD

Oct 20 2011

SSD drives are rapidly become more affordable and offering...

news

 

New PS3 SKU Confirmed, With PS2 Compatibility?

Jun 20 2011

Japanese website seems to suggest just that.

news

 

Meet the Chromebooks

May 12 2011

Google ChromeBooks go on sale on June 15.

shopping

 

Best Notebooks of 2011 (So Far)

Apr 19 2011

Ten of the coolest notebooks around

 

• More Computer Hardware Stories
• I4U News Homepage