Intel announces Pro 2500 SSDs with SK Hynix memory

Intel has announced a new business SSD line for notebooks, among other things. The SSD Pro 2500 Series will be available in M.2 and 2.5″ form factors and Intel will not use memory from its own joint venture with Micron, but memory from SK Hynix.

The Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series will be available in capacities starting at 120GB, with a maximum storage capacity of 480GB on 2.5″ models, while maxing out at 360GB on the M.2 80mm form factor and 240GB on M.2 60mm. drives have SATA 6Gbit/s interfaces and SandForce SF-2281 controllers.

These are self-encrypting drives with support for AES 256 encryption and Intel’s vPro platform and Intel promises to give a 5-year warranty. The SSDs are built around 64Gb chips and the flash memory is produced using a 2xnm-class process. On paper, the SSDs look identical to the SSD Pro 1500 Series announced last year.

However, it concerns drives that are not equipped with flash memory produced by Intel and Micron, but memory that Intel purchases from SK Hynix, writes TechReport, although the site does not exclude that M.2 variants are equipped with Intel memory. going to be. The US suggested retail prices are $95 for the 120GB SSDs, $130 for 180GB, $160 for 240GB and $305 for 480GB.