Spotted: Intel's 335 Series SSD in Japan

Intel's 330 series of SSDs are looking to be a bit old now that the Santa Clara-based company has begun shipping out their 335 Series drives, in Japan at least.

The very first Intel 335 Series drive has been codenamed SSDSC2CT240A4K5 and has hit a Japanese retailer shelf. The drive looks to come in a 240GB size, the usual 2.5-inch form factor at 9.5mm thickness, SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, rocks a SandForce SF-2281 controller, and uses 20nm MLC NAND Flash memory.

The Intel 335 Series SSD sports read/write speeds of up to 500/450MB/sec, holds 3-year warranty and costs around $214. We should also expect smaller variants like 80 and 180GB in Q1 2013.