I don't know for certain, but that's probably just my disappointment talking. The thought of Intel degenerating into another SF partner pushing out synchronous and asynchronous drives is mildly appalling, though not surprising.

Since I have a hard time imagining Intel using asynchronous NAND in their own drives, I'm willing to entertain the possibility that they've just tuned the 330 series for better steady state performance at the expense of FOB speed.

520 60GB - 550MBs read 475MBs write 15,000/23,000

330 60GB - 500MBs read 400MBs write 12,000/22,500


520 120GB - 550MBs read 500MBs write 25,000/40,000

330 120GB - 500MBs read 450MBs write 22,500/33,000