Toshiba mSATA

Toshiba mSATA

The Toshiba mSATA is a solid state drive that comes in two capacity options, a 30 or a 62 GB capacity unit that measures 30 x 4.75 x 50.95 mm and weighs 9 g. The device has a reading speed of 180MBps (sequential mode) and a writing speed of 70 MBps (sequential mode). It has a power consumption of 1.3W (Typ.) on read and 1.8W (Typ.) on write. Idle/Standby/Sleep power consumption is 65mW (Typ.). The Toshiba mSATA operates at optimal level between 0 to 70 degrees Celsius and has a 1 million hours mean time before failure. It is tested to withstand shock up to 1500G (operating and non-operating).

Features

The Toshiba mSATA is a solid state drive (SSD) module that utilizes Toshiba 32nm MLC NAND flash. It is unit built based on the low-profile mini-SATA (mSATA) interface standard and is available in 30GB and 62GB modules. Measuring smaller than a business card the mSATA provide design flexibility and save space and cost. With interface speeds up to 3 gigabits per second (Gb/s), a maximum sequential read speed of 180 megabytes per second (MBps) and a maximum sequential write speed of 70MBps the unit is designed for use with notebooks, portable electronics and embedded systems. An advanced controller features a translation mode, which enables any drive configuration, and the drive supports 28-bit LBA (Logical Block Address) mode commands and 48-bit LBA mode commands. Multi-word DMA, Ultra-DMA modes and Advanced PIO commands are supported. The drive has an optional capability for secure Full Disk Encryption (FDE) backup that prevents unauthorized data access.