Intel SSDSA1MH080G1 - Manual (Page 5)

Intel ® X18-M/X25-M SATA Solid State Drive
May 2009 Product Manual
Order Number: 319765-008US 5
Intel ® X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD
1.0 Introduction
The Intel ® X18-M/X25-M SATA Solid State Drive (SSD) delivers leading performance in
industry standard 1.8” and 2.5” form factors while simultaneously improving system
responsiveness for mobile applications over standard rotating drive media or hard disk
drives. By combining Intel’s leading NAND flash memory technology with our innovative
high performance controller, Intel delivers an SSD for Native Serial Advanced
Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disk drive drop-in replacement with enhanced
performance, reliability, ruggedness and power savings.
Since there are no rotating platters, moving heads, fragile actuaters, or unnecessary
delays due to spin-up time or positional seek time that can slow down the storage
subsystem significantly, the Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD enables fast read/write
access times and a significant I/O and throughput performance improvement as
compared to rotating media or hard disk drives.
This document describes the specifications of the Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD in the
1.8” and 2.5” form factors.
1.1 Product Overview
The Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSDs primarily target SATA based laptop PCs, highly
rugged mobile client devices, as well as thin and light, mini/sub-notebooks. Key
attributes include high performance, low power, increased system responsiveness, high
reliability and enhanced ruggedness as compared to standard mobile SATA hard drives.
Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSDs are available in 1.8” and 2.5” form factors that are
electrically, mechanically, and software compatible with existing 1.8” and 2.5” Serial
ATA slots and cables. Our flexible design allows interchangeability with existing mobile
hard drives based on the SATA interface standard.