SanDisk MLC NAND User Manual

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Rugged & Reliable

SanDisk® pSSD

Solid State Drive

Rugged and Reliable

SanDisk pSSD solid state drive has no moving parts,

making it far more reliable than a HDD. It withstands

the wear-and-tear of people on the go, and operates

soundlessly in environments where noise is a nui-

sance, such as classrooms. SanDisk patented  ash

management technology brings high data integrity

to its pSSD solid state drives. Dynamic bad block

management, dynamic and static wear-leveling, and

robust error detection and correction code (EDC/ECC)

SanDisk® pSSD™ solid state drive introduces all the

bene ts of  ash memory to the exciting, new net-

book market. Rugged and reliable, SanDisk pSSD solid

state drive is the right storage module for netsur ng

and wireless communication on ultra low cost PC

(ULCPC) netbooks. With up to 16GB* multi-level cell

(MLC) NAND  ash, it is a fraction of the weight and

cost of a hard disk drive. An advanced controller, rep-

resenting the best of the company’s years of expertise

with the parallel ATA (PATA) interface, makes SanDisk

pSSD solid state drive both fast and power-ef cient.

SanDisk pSSD solid state drive. Everything that  ash

storage should be for today’s mobile PC lifestyle.

A Perfect Match for ULCPCs

SanDisk pSSD PATA-based solid state drive was

designed especially to meet the requirements of

ULCPCs. These small laptops must be lightweight,

rugged and reliable for mobile users in the consumer

market, giving them easy Internet access and making

wireless communication fun.

ensure data reliability.

Fast and Power Ef cient

SanDisk pSSD solid state drive boots fast and

keeps working at high speed, without the need to

spin up into action or to seek  les like a conven-

tional HDD. SanDisk pSSD solid state drive achieves

an industry-leading sustained read speed as high

as 39MB/sec and a sustained write speed of up to

17MB/sec with multi-level cell (MLC) NAND  ash

technology. Solid-state operation also extends bat-

tery life, critical for ULCPC users.

Low Cost and Lightweight

With MLC NAND technology, SanDisk pSSD solid state

drive gives users just the amount of memory they

need at a cost they can afford. A case-less module,

SanDisk pSSD solid state drive is one-tenth the weight

of a typical 1.8" HDD. SanDisk pSSD solid state drive

enables sleek and slim ULCPC industrial design to

meet worldwide consumer demands.

Cost Effective

High Performance

Speci cations

High Reliability

• Unlimited read cycles

• SMART feature supported

• Dynamic and static wear-leveling

• Dynamic bad block management

• Advanced EDC/ECC

• No preventive maintenance

• Up to 4M mean time to failure

(MTTF)** hours

High Performance

• Transfer modes supported: UMDA

0-4, Multiword-DMA 0-2, PIO 0-4

• Sustained read: 39MB/s

• Sustained write: 17MB/s

Characteristics

• Interface: Parallel ATA (PATA)

• MLC NAND  ash capacity:

4GB, 8GB, 16GB

Electrical Speci cations

• DC supply voltage: 3.3V ±5%

• Standby current: 300μA (typical)

Environmental Speci cations

• Operating temperature: 0°C to +70°C

• Storage temperature: –25°C to +85°C

• Operating altitude: up to 80,000 feet

• Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing

• Shock: 1,000G

• Acoustic noise: 0dB

• Vibration: 15G (peak to peak)

Physical Speci cations

• Connector: 40-pin ZIF connector

• Weight: 4.9g (4GB), 5.5g (8GB),

7.0g (16GB)

• Dimensions:

54mmx32mmx2.5mm (4GB, 8GB)

54mmx32mmx3.75mm (16GB)

Regulations and Compliance

• RoHS, China RoHS, SGS RoHS, UL,

FCC, CE

OS Support

• XP, Linux

USA

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Japan

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Taiwan

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• Active current (typical):

Read = 130mA, Write= 120mA

* 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes; 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; speed based on internal testing;

performance may be lower depending on host device. Some capacity not available for data storage.

** Based on internal testing. The MTTF calculation does not take into account the disk endurance limita-

tion. For the disk endurance, please refer to the endurance section in the product speci cation.

SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation registered in the United States and other countries.
SanDisk pSSD is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identi cation purposes
only and may be trademarks of their respective holder(s).
©2008 SanDisk Corporation. 6/08 80-11-01576 Rev. 2

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Product not available
until August 2008.