RoHS Compliant
Serial ATA Flash Drive
mSATA M4 -M Product Specifications
May 4
th
, 2012
Version 1.4
Apacer Technology Inc.
Apacer Technology Inc.
9/F, No. 100, Hsin Tai Wu Rd., Hsichih, Taipei Hsien 221, Taiwan
th
4 Fl., 75 Hsin Tai Wu Rd., Sec.1, Hsichih, New Taipei City, Taiwan 221
Tel: +886-2-2696-1666 Fax: +886-2-2696-1668
Tel: +886-2-2698-2888 Fax: +886-2-2698-2889
www.apacer.com
www.apacer.com
Serial ATA Flash Drive
APSDMxxxxM5AN-ACMX
Features:
Standard Serial ATA 2.6 (Gen. 2)
–
Serial ATA 2.6 (Gen. 2)
–
SATAⅡ, 3.0 Gbps
–
ATA-compatible command set
–
ATA modes support
Capacities
–
8, 16, 32, 64, 128 GB
Performance*
–
Burst read/write:
300
MB/sec
–
Sustained read: up to 155 MB/sec
–
Sustained write: up to 80 MB/sec
–
Random read/write 4K: up to 4380/563
IOPS
Intelligent endurance design
–
Built-in hardware ECC, enabling up to
16/24 bit correction per 1K bytes
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Static wear-leveling scheme together
with dynamical block allocation to
significantly increase the lifetime of a
flash device and optimize the disk
performance
–
Flash bad-block management
–
S.M.A.R.T.
–
Power Failure Management
–
ATA Secure Erase
–
TRIM
NAND Flash Type:
MLC
Humidity
–
5% to 95% RH (Non-condensing)
Temperature ranges
–
Operation:
Standard: 0°C to 70°C (32 ~ 158°F)
Extended: -40 ~ +85°C (-40° ~ 185°F)**
–
Storage: -40°C to 100°C (-40° ~ 212°F)
Supply voltage
–
3.3V
±
5%
Power consumption (typical)*
–
Active mode: 475 mA
–
Idle mode: 135 mA
Form factor
–
Mini PCIe (50.8 x 29.85 x 3.60, unit: mm)
–
JEDEC MO-300 compliant
Connector
–
52-pin mSATA connector
Shock & Vibration
–
Shock: 50g (approx.)
–
Vibration: 15g (approx.)
RoHS compliant
Endurance:
13.5 TBW (8GB), 27.01 TBW
(16GB), 54.03 TBW (32GB), 108.07 TBW (64GB),
216.15 TBW (128GB)
MTBF >
1,000,000 (approx)
*Varies
from capacities. The values addressed here are typical and may vary depending on settings and platforms.
**Applies only to 16, 32, 64GB capacities. Please see “Product Ordering Information” for details.
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Table of Contents
1. Product Description ................................................................................................. 3
1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Functional Block Diagram.................................................................................................................... 3
1.3
ATA Mode Support.............................................................................................................................. 4
1.4 Capacity Specification .......................................................................................................................... 4
1.5 Performance.......................................................................................................................................... 4
1.6 Pin Assignments ..................................................................................................................................... 5
2. Software Interface .................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Command Set........................................................................................................................................ 7
3. Flash Management ................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Error Correction/Detection .................................................................................................................. 8
3.2 Bad Block Management........................................................................................................................ 8
3.3 Wear Leveling....................................................................................................................................... 8
3.4 Power Failure Management ................................................................................................................. 8
3.5 ATA Secure Erase................................................................................................................................. 8
3.6 S.M.A.R.T. ............................................................................................................................................ 9
3.7 TRIM .................................................................................................................................................... 9
4. Environmental & Reliability Specifications.......................................................... 10
4.1 Environments...................................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)............................................................................................... 10
4.3 Endurance ........................................................................................................................................... 10
4.4 Certification and Compliance............................................................................................................. 11
5. Electrical Characteristics ...................................................................................... 12
5.1 Operating Voltage............................................................................................................................... 12
5.2 Power Consumption ........................................................................................................................... 12
5.3 Electrostatic Discharge ....................................................................................................................... 12
5.4 Electrical Fast Transient/Burst .......................................................................................................... 13
6. Physical Characteristics........................................................................................ 14
7. Product Ordering Information ............................................................................... 15
7.1 Product Code Designations................................................................................................................. 15
7.2 Valid Combinations ............................................................................................................................ 16
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1. Product Description
1.1
Introduction
Apacer’s mSATA M4-M is a solid-state disk (SSD) drive in mini PCIe form factor that contains a controller,
embedded firmware, and flash media along with a male connector. Using NAND flash memory devices, the
mSATA flash drive interfaces with the host allowing data to be seamlessly transferred between the host and
the flash devices.
Though built with MLC, this SSD can work in highly demanding environment as it can
withstand ambient temperature from -40°C to +85°C (for
certain capacities only).
mSATA M4-M drive is designed with a single-chip controller, offering capacities of up to 128 gigabytes and is
compliant with the SATA
Ⅱ
high-speed interface standard. Complying with JEDEC MO-300 standard, this
mSATA SSD is the widely adopted embedded storage with compact size and exceptional performance.
In addition to block management through dynamical allocation, mSATA M4-M adopts the Apacer-specific
global wear-leveling scheme to allow uniform use of all storage blocks, ensuring that the lifespan of a flash
media can be significantly increased and the disk performance is optimized as well. mSATA M4-M provides
the S.M.A.R.T. feature that follows the SATA Rev. 2.6, ATA/ATAPI-7 specifications and uses the standard
SMART command B0h to read data from the drive. This feature protects the user from unscheduled downtime
by monitoring and storing critical drive performance.
1.2
Functional Block Diagram
mSATA M4-M drive includes a single-chip SATA
Ⅱ
Controller and the flash media, as well as the SATA
standard interface. The controller integrates the flash management unit with the controller itself to support
multi-channel, multi-bank flash arrays. Figure 1-1 shows the functional block diagram.
Figure 1-1
Apacer mSATA M4-M block diagram
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1.3
ATA Mode Support
Up to PIO mode-4
Up to Multiword DMA mode-2
Up to UDMA mode-5
mSATA M4-M provides ATA mode support as follows:
1.4
Capacity Specification
Capacity specification of mSATA M4-M product family is available as shown in Table 1-1. It lists the specific
capacity, the default numbers of logical cylinders and heads, and the number of logical sectors per track for
each product line.
Table 1-1
Capacity specification
Capacity
8 GB
16 GB
32 GB
64 GB
128 GB
Total Bytes*
8,012,390,400
16,013,942,784
32,017,047,552
64,023,257,088
126,718,694,912
Cylinders
15525
16383
16383
16383
16383
Heads
16
16
16
16
16
Sectors
63
63
63
63
63
Max LBA*
15,649,200
31,277,232
62,533,296
125,045,424
247,497,451
*Display of total bytes varies from file systems.
**Cylinders, heads or sectors are not applicable for these capacities. Only LBA addressing applies.
1.5
Performance
Performance of mSATA M4-M is shown in Table 1-2.
Table 1-2
Performance & Random Read/Write 4K specifications
Capacity
Performance
Sustained Read
(MB/s)
Sustained Write
(MB/s)
Capacity
Random R/W 4K
Random Read 4K
(IOPS)
Random Write 4K
(IOPS)
8 GB
117
26
16 GB
125
26
32 GB
135
40
64 GB
155
80
128 GB
145
80
8 GB
4380
563
16 GB
3988
530
32 GB
3686
493
64 GB
4290
453
128 GB
4285
455
Note: Performance varies from flash configurations and/or platform settings.
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