Cherryville - SSD 520

[johnw]

You're not looking hard enough then. SandForce and custom firmware, cheers!

Wrong again. I have been watching closely for months.

But you can easily prove me wrong with just one link to any of these "confirmations" that you speak of.

[Smartidiot89]

Wrong again. I have been watching closely for months.

But you can easily prove me wrong with just one link to any of these "confirmations" that you speak of.

Here you go, this is before those performance slides were even "leaked" or whatever you'd wanna call it:
http://translate.google.com/translat...fran-sandforce

It has also been confirmed to me, so I am very confident in what I know regarding this If you choose still not to believe me, just wait until the begining of next year from the best confirmation that can be had.

[johnw]

Here you go, this is before those performance slides were even "leaked" or whatever you'd wanna call it:
http://translate.google.com/translat...fran-sandforce

It has also been confirmed to me, so I am very confident in what I know regarding this If you choose still not to believe me, just wait until the begining of next year from the best confirmation that can be had.

I read a translation of the blurb from your link. Maybe it loses something in the translation, but that is not even close to a confirmation:

"Now it appears that Intel gets help from a not so expected direction. According to documents Sweclockers noted the 520-series contains a controller chip from SandForce,"

According to documents? What documents? From where? How are these documents known to be genuine?

Now, if you have the information from someone who you are sure has inside information (but you cannot reveal that person's identity), then just say so. Otherwise, you are just repeating rumors and speculation.

By the way, my best guess is that Intel will be using a controller that uses compression, and the only controller that I know of that currently uses compression is Sandforce. But that is just a guess. I certainly do not claim to have any "confirmation", and I would not be surprised either way (520 with or without Sandforce).

[Smartidiot89]

Now, if you have the information from someone who you are sure has inside information (but you cannot reveal that person's identity), then just say so. Otherwise, you are just repeating rumors and speculation.

I've even said in detail how long they've been working with SF on this firmware, so I thought it was obvious. Yes I've been speaking with someone about this, and is very sure about what that person told me is correct. Otherwise why would I present something as facts if I was not 100% sure of it?

[johnw]

Otherwise why would I present something as facts if I was not 100% sure of it?

I don't know. Why would you claim to have some vague confirmation in so many posts and only just now state clearly that you heard it from someone with inside information? But don't answer, I don't really care.

Does your source know if the 520 series will have power-loss protection features? If it is using Sandforce, I guess the controller will still have supercapacitor support. But Intel prefers multiple conventional capacitors (in the 320, at least) rather than a single, expensive supercapacitor.