AP32GAS203 Apacer, AP32GAS203 Datasheet
AP32GAS203
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... RoHS Compliant Serial ATA Flash Drive Specifications for AS203 th July 14 , 2011 Apacer Technology Inc Fl., 75 Hsin Tai Wu Rd., Sec.1, Hsichih, New Taipei City, Taiwan 221 Tel: +886-2-2698-2888 Fax: +886-2-2698-2889 www.apacer.com ...
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... Flash bad-block management – S.M.A.R.T – TRIM – *Vary with flash configurations. **Based on 128 GB model © 2011 Apacer Technology Inc. Serial ATA Flash Drive APXXXXGAS203-X Zero power data retention No battery required for data storage – Temperature ranges – Operation: 0°C to 70°C – ...
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... Error Correction/Detection.......................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Bad Block Management............................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Wear Leveling ............................................................................................................................... 7 2.4 S.M.A.R.T....................................................................................................................................... 7 2.5 TRIM............................................................................................................................................... 8 3. Environmental Specifications ................................................................................. 9 3.1 Environments ............................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) ........................................................................................ 9 3.3 Certification and Compliance ..................................................................................................... 9 4. Physical Characteristics........................................................................................ 10 5. Product Ordering Information ............................................................................... 11 © 2011 Apacer Technology Inc. Serial ATA Flash Drive APXXXXGAS203-X Table of Contents 2 Rev. 1.0 ...
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... Introduction Apacer’s Serial ATA Flash Drive AS203 is a solid-state disk (SSD) drive that contains a controller, embedded firmware, and flash media along with a male connector. Using NAND flash memory devices, AS203 drive interfaces with the host allowing data to be seamlessly transferred between the host and the flash devices. ...
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... Up to Multiword DMA mode UDMA mode-6 1.4 Capacity Specification Capacity specification of the Apacer SSD 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. Capacity ...
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... Table 1-3: Signal segment Name Type Description S1 GND S2 RxP Serial Data Receiver S3 RxN S4 GND S5 TxN Serial Data Transmitter S6 TxP S7 GND © 2011 Apacer Technology Inc. Serial ATA Flash Drive APXXXXGAS203-X Figure 1-2 SATA Connectors Pin P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 ...
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... The connector on the left represents the Host with TX/RX differential pairs connected to a cable while the connector on the right shows the Device with TX/RX differential pairs also connected to the cable. Notice also the ground path connecting the shielding of the cable to the Cable Receptacle. © 2011 Apacer Technology Inc. Serial ATA Flash Drive APXXXXGAS203-X 6 Rev ...
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... Ideally, this should allow taking proactive actions to prevent impending drive failure. Apacer AS203 uses the standard SMART command B0h to read data from the drive for SMART feature as the SATA Rev.2.6 ATA/ATAPI-7 specifications are based on the SFF-8035i Rev. 2.0 specifications. ...
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... The ATA-TRIM instruction tilts the balance in favor of the SSD. TRIM addresses a major part of the performance degradation issue over time that plagues all SSDs. A TRIM enabled drive running an OS with TRIM support will stay closer to its peak performance over time. © 2011 Apacer Technology Inc. Serial ATA Flash Drive APXXXXGAS203-X 8 Rev ...
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... AS203 is more than 1,000,000 hours. 3.3 Certification and Compliance AS203 drive complies with the following standards: CE FCC RoHS SATA II (SATA Rev. 2.6) © 2011 Apacer Technology Inc. Serial ATA Flash Drive APXXXXGAS203-X Specification 0°C to 70°C (Operating) -40°C to 85°C (Storage) 95% under 55°C 20G/80-2000Hz 1500G/0 ...
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... Physical Characteristics Figure 4-1 illustrates the overall dimensions of AS203 drive, as listed in Table 4-1. Dimension Height Width Length © 2011 Apacer Technology Inc. Serial ATA Flash Drive APXXXXGAS203-X Table 4-1 SAFD dimensions Millimeters (㎜) 9.50 ± 0.20 69.90 ± 0.15 100.00 ± 0.20 Figure 4-1 AS203 physical dimensions 10 Unit: ㎜ Rev. 1.0 ...
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... Note: Valid combinations are those products in mass production or will be in mass production. Consult your Apacer sales representative to confirm availability of valid combinations and to determine availability of new combinations. © 2011 Apacer Technology Inc. Serial ATA Flash Drive APXXXXGAS203-X AP32GAS203 AP32GAS203-1 AP32GAS203-5 AP64GAS203 AP64GAS203-1 AP64GAS203-5 AP128GAS203 AP128GAS203-1 AP128GAS203-5 ...
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... Apacer Technology B.V. Aziëlaan 22, 5232 BA 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Tel: 31-73-645-9620 Fax: 31-73-645-9629 sales@apacer.nl Apacer Electronic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd 1301, No.251,Xiaomuqiao Road, Shanghai, 200032, China Tel: 86-21-5529-0222 Fax: 86-21-5206-6939 sales@apacer.com.cn Apacer Technologies Pvt Ltd, #1064, 1st Floor, 7th ‘A’ Main, 3rd Block Koramangala, Bangalore – 560 034 ...