Intel company was somewhat late about the completed exhibition Computex 2017, and therefore did not please the galaxy of the shown novelties : only now was announced a new SSD-drive Intel 545s.
Like its predecessor, the Intel 540s, it is based on a hardware platform based on the Silicon Motion controller, but the newer generation is the SM2259. The key is that the transition from memory with a classic planar layout of cells to a new cheaper memory with a vertical layout (64-layer 3D V-NAND) was implemented, along with Intel decided image casting: if the Intel 540s used the memory of SK Hynix (by virtue of The fact that Intel did not have its own memory of a similar type), then in the new Intel
545s - its own production. The memory type remains the same - TLC.
The debut was crumpled: Intel has only 512MB of 512GB of 2.5-by-7-mm versions of Intel's V-NAND memory, which is currently insufficient to produce memory. The rest should be available later: the volume will be from 128GB to 2TB, And the form factors are 2.5 "7 mm and M.2 2280 (in both cases, the SATA3 interface is used).
The specification of the released SSD is already available on the Intel site , and AnandTech has published its review . At the moment, the drive is offered only by one Newegg store at a price of $ 179 . Related Products :
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