50mm MiniPCI-e PATA Solid State Drive RunCore PRO IV 50mm MiniPCIe PATA Solid State Disk Product Manual Version 1.2 JUL, 2010
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RunCore PRO IV 50mm MiniPCIe PATA
Solid State Disk
Product Manual
Version 1.2 JUL, 2010
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Revision History Version #Number Description Date
Version 1.0 Original Release Dec 2009 Version 1.1 Addition of some items at Part Numbering
Scheme June 2010
Version 1.2 Remove warranty year in specification table, customer needs to refer on the Warranty Policy
document for more details.
July 2010
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Table of Contents I. General Description .................................................................................................... 4
1. Product Image ........................................................................................................ 4
2. Typical Applications .............................................................................................. 4
II. Key Features (Flash Management) ........................................................................... 5
1. Advance Wear-Leveling Algorithm ....................................................................... 5
2. S.M.A.R.T Function ............................................................................................... 5
3. Built-in Hardware ECC .......................................................................................... 5
III. Specifications ........................................................................................................... 6
1. Specification Summary .......................................................................................... 6
2. Device Certifications ............................................................................................. 6
3. Electrical Requirement ........................................................................................... 7
3.1 Supply Voltage ................................................................................................. 7
4. R/W Performance ................................................................................................... 7
IV. Block Diagram ......................................................................................................... 8
V. Interface ..................................................................................................................... 9
1. Pin Assignment ...................................................................................................... 9
2. Signal Description .................................................................................................. 9
VI. Physical Dimensions .............................................................................................. 11
VII. Command Sets ...................................................................................................... 12
1. ATA Commands ................................................................................................... 12
2. SMART Subcommand Sets ................................................................................. 14
VIII. Part Numbering Scheme ..................................................................................... 14
IX. Related Documentation ......................................................................................... 14
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I. General Description
The RunCore Pro IV 50mm Mini PCIe SSD has become the ideal choice for the storage
media of the ultra-mobile PC. With its small footprint and industry-standard design, the
Mini PCIe SSD format is fit for embedded solid state storage because it allows for high
capacity and high performance while ensuring compatibility in ultra-mobile application.
The product is compliant with ATA protocol and as standard mini PCIe SSD installed all
major OS, such as Windows 9X/Me/NT/XP/CE/Vista/Windows7, MAC, Linux and Unix.
The 50mm MiniPCIe SSD adopts advanced flash controller and NAND flash, contains the
cache size of 64MB.
1. Product Image
2. Typical Applications
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Dell Vostro A90
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II. Key Features (Flash Management)
1. Advance Wear-Leveling Algorithm
The NAND flash devices are limited by a certain number of write cycles. When using a file
system, frequent file table updates is mandatory. If some area on the flash wears out
faster than others, it would significantly reduce the lifetime of the whole device, even if the
erase counts of others are far from the write cycle limit. Thus, if the write cycles can be
distributed evenly across the media, the lifetime of the media can be prolonged
significantly. The scheme is achieved both via buffer management and specific advanced
wear leveling to ensure that the lifetime of the flash media can be increased, and the disk
access performance is optimized as well.
2. S.M.A.R.T Function
S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, an
open standard allowing disk drives to automatically monitor their own health and report
potential problems. It protects the user from unscheduled downtime by monitoring and
storing critical drive performance and calibration parameters. Ideally, this should allow
taking proactive actions to prevent impending drive failure. SMART feature adopts the
standard SMART command B0h to read data from the drive. When the SMART Utility
running on the host, it analyzes and reports the disk status to the host before the device is
in critical condition.
3. Built-in Hardware ECC
The ATA-Disk Module uses BCH Error Detection Code (EDC) and Error Correction Code
(ECC) algorithms which correct up to eight random single-bit errors for each 512-byte
block of data. High performance is fulfilled through hardware-based error detection and
correction.
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III. Specifications
1. Specification Summary
Table 1 50mm MiniPCIe PATA SSD Specifications
Performance, power consumption and weight vary with different capacity of products.
2. Device Certifications
Table 2 Certifications
Certification/Compliance Description
CE Compliant
Indicate conformity with the essential health and safety requirements set out in European. Directives Low Voltage
Directive and EMC directive.
Physical
Specifications
Interface MiniPCIe (Internal PATA Control)
Dimension 51mm×36mm×4mm
Capacity 16GB~64GB
Cache 64 MB
Flash Media MLC-NAND Flash
Performance
Sequential Read Up to 81 MB/s
Sequential Write Up to 58 MB/s
4KB Random Read 17 MB/s
4KB Random Write 5 MB/s
Electrical
Specification
Input Voltage 3.3V ± 5%
Power
Consumption
Idle = < 0.5 W
Typical = < 2.0 W (4KB Random write)
Reliability
and
Stability
Write endurance: >80years@10GB write/day(32GB)
Read endurance: unlimited
MTBF: >1,000,000 Hours
Operating Temperature Commercial( 0℃~+70℃)
Weight < 30g
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FCC Certified Federal Communications Commission Certified
RoHS Compliant Restriction of Hazardous Substance Directive
3. Electrical Requirement
3.1 Supply Voltage
Overrun the “Maximum Value” listed below will cause permanent damage to the device.
Table 3 Supply Voltage
Symbol Description Min. Value Max. Value Unit
TSGT Storage temperature -65 150 ℃
VCC3.3 Supply power 3.0 3.6 V
4. R/W Performance
Table 4 Read/Write Performance① ATTO Disk Bench
Capacity Read (MB/s) Write (MB/s)
16GB 81 38 32GB 81 52 64GB 81 58
① : Flash media type: MLC Measurement can be varied by its host system.
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IV. Block Diagram
Figure 1 MiniPCIe SSD Block Diagram
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V. Interface
1. Pin Assignment
Table5 the miniPCIe interface signal assignment Pin
Number Signal Name Pin Type
Pin Number
Signal Name Pin Type
1 D00 I/O 27 GND Ground
2 D15 I/O 28 -IORD I
3 D01 I/O 29 GND Ground
4 GND Ground 30 DMACK I
5 D02 I/O 31 NC
6 D14 I/O 32 -DMARQ O
7 D03 I/O 33 NC
8 D13 I/O 34 GND Ground
9 GND Ground 35 GND Ground
10 D12 I/O 36 NC
11 D04 I/O 37 A00 I
12 D11 I/O 38 NC
13 D05 I/O 39 A01 I
14 D10 I/O 40 GND Ground
15 GND Ground 41 A02 I
16 D09 I/O 42 IORDY O
17 D06 I/O 43 NC
18 GND Ground 44 INTRQ O
19 D07 I/O 45 PDIAG
20 D08 I/O 46 -CS0 I
21 GND Ground 47 VCC Power
22 -RESET I 48 -CS1 I
23 NC 49 VCC Power
24 -IOWR I 50 GND Ground
25 NC 51 VCC Power
26 GND Ground 52 -DASP I
2. Signal Description
Table 6 the miniPCIe interface signal description Signal Name Type Pin Number Description
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-DASP (True IDE Mode)
I/O 52
In True IDE Mode, this input/output is the Disk
Active/Slave Present signal in the Master/Slave
handshake protocol.
D15-D00 (True IDE Mode)
I/O
2, 6, 10, 12,14, 16, 20, 19, 17, 13,
11, 7, 5, 3, 1,
In True IDE Mode, all Task File operations occur in bytemode on the low order bus D00-D07 while all data transfers are 16 bit using D00-D15.
-IOWR (True IDE Mode except UDMA protocol active)
STOP (All Modes: UDMA protocol active)
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In True IDE Mode, this signal has the same function as
in PC Card I/O Mode. In all modes, when UDMA mode protocol is active, the assertion of this signal causes the termination of the UDMA data burst.
-IORD (True IDE Mode except UDMA protocol active)
-HDMARDY (All Modes: UDMA protocol DMA Read)
HSTROBE (All Modes: UDMA protocol DMA Write)
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In True IDE Mode, this signal has the same function as
in PC Card I/O Mode.
In all modes when UDMA mode DMA Read is active,
this signal is asserted by the host to indicate that the
host is ready to receive UDMA data-in bursts. The host
may negate -HDMARDY to pause an UDMA transfer In
all modes when UDMA mode DMA Write is active, this
signal is the Data out strobe generated by the host. Both
the rising and falling Edge of HSTROBE cause data to
be latched by the device. The host may stop generating
HSTROBE edges to pause an UDMA data-out burst
INTRQ (True IDE Mode)
O 44 In True IDE Mode, this signal is an active high interrupt request to the host.
A2-A0 (True IDE Mode)
I 41, 39, 37 In True IDE Mode only, A2:A0 are used to select the oneof eight Registers in the Task File. The remaining address lines should be Grounded.
-CS0, -CS1 (True IDE Mode)
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In True IDE Mode, -CS0 is the chip enable for the task file registers when -CS1 is used to select the Alternate Status Register and the mPCI-Express IDE Card Control Register.
-DMACK (True IDE Mode)
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This is a DMA Acknowledge signal that is asserted by the host in response to DMARQ to initiate DMA transfers. In True IDE Mode, while DMA operations are not active, the card shall ignore the DMARQ signal, including a floating condition. If DMA operation is not supported by a True IDE Mode only host, this signal should be driven high or connected to VCC by the host.
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DMARQ
(True IDE Mode)
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This signal is a DMA Request that is used for DMA data transfers between host and device. It shall be asserted by the device when it is ready to transfer data to or from the host. For Multiword DMA Transfers, the direction of data transfer is controlled by -IORD and - IOWR. This signal is used in a handshake manner with -DMACK, i.e., the device shall wait until the host asserts-DMACK before negating - DMARQ, and re-asserting -DMARQ if there is more data to transfer. In True IDE Mode, DMARQ shall not be driven when thedevice is not selected in the Drive-Head register. While a DMA operation is in progress, -CS0 and -CS1 shall beheld
VI. Physical Dimensions
Figure 2 the 50mm MiniPCIe PATA SSD Physical Dimension
Table 7 the 50mm MiniPCIe PATA SSD Physical Dimension Parameter Value
Length 50.9 ± 0.10 mm (2.008± 0.004) Width 36.1 ± 0.10 mm (1.417 ± 0.004) Height 4 mm (0.157) max
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VII. Command Sets
1. ATA Commands
The RunCore 50mm miniPCIe PATA SSD supports all the mandatory ATA commands defined in the ATA/ATAPI-7 specification.
Table 8 Supported ATA Command Lists
Command Name Command Code (Hex) Command Name
CommandCode (Hex)
CHECK POWER MODE
E5h or 98h Disable write cache EFh/82h
DEVICE CONFIGURATION
- Set transfer mode EFh/03h
DEVICE CONFIGURATION
B1h/C1h Enable DMA Setup FIS
Auto-Activate optimization EFh/10h/02h
DEVICE CONFIGURATION
B1h/C2h Disable DMA Setup FIS
Auto-Activate optimization EFh/90h/02h
DEVICE CONFIGURATION
B1h/C0h Enable Device-initiated interface power state
EFh/10h/03h
DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET
B1h/C3h Disable Device-initiated
interface power state EFh/10h/03h
DOW NLOAD MICROCODE
92h SET MAX -
EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC
90h SET MAX ADDRESS F9h/na
FLUSH CACHE E7h SET MAX FREEZE LOCK F9h/04h
FLUSH CACHE EXT EAh SET MAX LOCK F9h/02h
IDENTIFY DEVICE ECh SET MAX SET PASSWORD F9h/01h
IDLE E3h or 97h SET MAX UNLOCK F9h/03h
IDLE IMMEDIATE E1h or 95h SET MAX ADDRESS EXT 37h
INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS
91h SET MULTIPLE MODE C6h
NOP 00h/00h SLEEP E6h or 99h
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READ BUFFER E4h SMART -
READ DMA C8h SMART DISABLE
OPERATIONS B0h/D9h
READ DMA EXT 25h SMART ENABLE
OPERATIONS B0h/D8h
READ FPDMA QUEUED
60h SMART ENABLE/DISABLE ATTRIBUTE AUTOSAVE
B0h/D2h
READ LOG EXT 2Fh SMART ENABLE/DISABLE
AUTOMATIC OFF-LINE B0h/DBh
READ MULTIPLE C4h SMART EXECUTE OFF-LINE
IMMIDIATE B0h/D4h
READ MULTIPLE EXT 29h SMART READ DATA B0h/D0h
READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS
F8h SMART READ LOG B0h/D5h
READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT
27h SMART RETURN STATUS B0h/DAh
READ SECTOR(S) 20h SMART SAVE ATTRIBUTE
VALUES B0h/D3h
READ SECTOR(S) EXT 24h SMART W RITE LOG B0h/D6h
READ VERIFY SECTOR(S)
40h STANDBY E2h or 96h
READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) EXT
42h STANDBY IMMEDIATE E0h or 94h
SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD
F6h WRITE BUFFER E8h
SECURITY ERASE PREPARE
F3h WRITE DMA CAh
SECURITY ERASE UNIT
F4h WRITE DMA EXT 35h
SECURITY FREEZE LOCK
F5h WRITE FPDMA QUEUED 61h
SECURITY SET PASSWORD
F1h WRITE LOG EXT 3Fh
SECURITY UNLOCK F2h WRITE MULTIPLE C5h
SEEK 70h WRITE MULTIPLE EXT 39h
SET FEATURES - WRITE SECTOR(S) 30h
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Enable write cache EFh/02h WRITE SECTOR(S) EXT 34h
2. SMART Subcommand Sets
In order to select a subcommand the host must write the subcommand code to the device's Features Register before issuing the SMART function set command. The subcommands are listed below.
Table 9 SMART Subcommand Sets
VIII. Part Numbering Scheme
Please refer to PN naming Rule Guideline for more specific identification of
product.
IX. Related Documentation
For more information, visit www.runcore.com or contact [email protected]
Command Command Code (Hex)
SMART READ DATA D0h
SMART ENABLE/DISABLE ATTRIBUTE AUTOSAVE D2h
SMART SAVE ATTRIBUTE VALUES D3h
SMART EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMIDIATE D4h
SMART READ LOG D5h
SMART W RITE LOG D6h
SMART ENABLE OPERATIONS D8h
SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS D9h
SMART RETURN STATUS DAh
SMART ENABLE/DISABLE AUTOMATIC OFF-LINE DBh