RoHS Compliant
Serial ATA Flash Drive
mSATA M4 Product Specifications
November 8
th
, 2012
Version 1.5
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, Xizhi, 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
APSDMxxxxM5XN-CXX
Features:
Standard Serial ATA 2.6 (Gen. 2)
–
Serial ATA 2.6 (Gen. 2)
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SATA , 3.0 Gbps
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ATA-compatible command set
–
ATA modes support
Capacities
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4, 8, 16, 32, 64 GB
Performance*
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Burst read/write:
300
MB/sec
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Sustained read: up to 165 MB/sec
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Sustained write: up to 150 MB/sec
Intelligent endurance design
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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
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Flash bad-block management
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S.M.A.R.T.
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Power Failure Management
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ATA Secure Erase
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TRIM
NAND Flash Type:
SLC
MTBF >
2,000,000 hours
*Varies
from capacities. The values addressed here are typical and may vary depending on settings and platforms.
**Non-operating
Temperature ranges
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Operation: 0° to 70° (32 ~ 158°
C
C
F)
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Extended: -40° to 85° (-40° ~ 185°
C
C
F)
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Storage: -40° to 100° (-40° ~ 212°
C
C
F)
Supply voltage
–
3.3V
5%
Power consumption (typical)*
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Active mode: 490 mA
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Idle mode: 150 mA
Form factor
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Mini PCIe form factor (50.8 x 29.85 x 3.40, unit:
mm)
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JEDEC MO-300 compliant
Connector
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52-pin mSATA connector
Shock & Vibration**
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Shock: 1500 G
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Vibration: 15 G
RoHS compliant
Write Protect (optional)
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Enabled by onboard hardware switch
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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
3.6 TRIM............................................................................................................................................................9
4. Environmental Specifications ............................................................................... 10
4.1 Environments.............................................................................................................................................10
4.2 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)....................................................................................................10
4.3 Certification and Compliance ..................................................................................................................10
5. Electrical Characteristics ...................................................................................... 11
5.1 Operating Voltage .....................................................................................................................................11
5.2 Power Consumption..................................................................................................................................11
6. Physical Characteristics........................................................................................ 12
6.1 Mechanical Drawing...................................................................................................................................12
6.2 Write Protect Switch (optional).................................................................................................................13
7. Product Ordering Information ............................................................................... 14
7.1 Product Code Designations ......................................................................................................................14
7.2 Valid Combinations...................................................................................................................................15
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1. Product Description
1.1
Introduction
Apacer’s mSATA M4 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. mSATA M4 leverages the advantages of
standard SATA SSDs in terms of wide compatibilities and reliable performance.
mSATA M4 drive is designed with a single-chip controller, offering capacities of up to 64 gigabytes and is
compliant with the SATA 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, mSATA M4 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 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 drive includes a single-chip SATA 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 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 provides ATA mode support as follows:
1.4
Capacity Specification
Capacity specification of mSATA M4 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
4 GB
8 GB
16 GB
32 GB
64 GB
Total Bytes*
4,011,614,208
8,012,390,400
16,013,942,784
32,017,047,552
64,023,257,088
Cylinders
7773
15525
16383
16383
16383
Heads
16
16
16
16
16
Sectors
63
63
63
63
63
Max LBA*
7,835,184
15,649,200
31,277,232
62,533,296
125,045,424
*Display of total bytes varies from file systems.
**Cylinders, heads or sectors are not applicable for these capacities. Only LBA addressing applies.
**Notes: 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes; 1 sector = 512 bytes.
LBA count addressed in the table above indicates total user storage capacity and will remain the same throughout the lifespan of
the device. However, the total usable capacity of the SSD is most likely to be less than the total physical capacity because a small
portion of the capacity is reserved for device maintenance usages.
1.5
Performance
Performance of mSATA M4 is shown in Table 1-2.
Table 1-2
Performance specifications
Capacity
Performance
Sustained Read
(MB/s)
Sustained Write
(MB/s)
4 GB
145
50
8 GB
155
105
16 GB
155
105
32 GB
160
145
64 GB
165
150
Note: Performance varies from flash configurations and/or platform settings.
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