Owning a high-capacity SSD is a bit like having a butler — it’s a lovely option, but so damn expensive. Intel’s announcing Lyndonville — more modestly called the SSD 710, which replaces the less modestly named X25-E Extreme. The enterprise-level SSD’s carrying 25-nanometer MLC flash memory and when tested, five of the drives were able to handle the same load as 90 x 15,000 RPM HDDs in Intel’s data center. The drives will be available in the fall, and considering it’s already September, we can only assume the company is waiting for a few more leaves to turn brown before going to OEMs. Volume pricing for units of 1,000 places the 100GB model at $649, 200GB at $1,289 and the 300GB at a tear-inducing $1,929. You can see Intel’s Agustin Gonzalez talk up the 710 in the video after the break.
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