RunCore SSD Pro IV User manual

1.8-Inch Micro SATA Solid State Drive
RunCore Pro IV
1.8” Micro SATA
Solid State Disk
Product Manual
Version 1.2
JUN,2010

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Revision History
Version #Number Description Date
Version 1.0 Original Release Oct 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..............................................................................................................5
III. Specifications...........................................................................................................5
1. Specification Summary.......................................................................................5
2. Device Certifications ..........................................................................................6
3. Electrical Requirements......................................................................................6
3.1 Supply Voltage...........................................................................................6
4. R/W Performance................................................................................................6
IV. Block Diagram .........................................................................................................7
V. Physical Dimensions .................................................................................................8
VI. Pin and Signal Description ......................................................................................9
VII. Command Sets......................................................................................................10
1. ATA Commands ................................................................................................10
2. SMART Subcommand Sets ..............................................................................12
VIII. Part Numbering Scheme .....................................................................................13
IX. Related Documentation .........................................................................................13
X. Contact Us...............................................................................................................13

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I. General Description
RunCore Pro IV 1.8" Micro SATA SSD (Solid State Drive) is a high performance and
high reliability storage based on advanced flash controller and NAND Flash technology. It
has a higher performance in read/write rate than mechanism hard drive. Furthermore, its
characteristics of low power consumption and anti-vibration are notable.
1.8" Micro SATA SSD complies with SATA2.6 spec, which supports all major operating
systems such as Windows9X /Me/NT/XP/CE/Vista/Windows7, MAC, Linux and Unix,
Solaris, Vxworks. With no moving parts and seek time, it does not need to spin up into
action or to seek files in the way that traditional hard disk drives do - enabling it to work
much faster. It supports capacity from 32GB to 256GB with maximum transfer rate as high
as 250MB/s. 1.8" Micro SATASSD contains the cache size of up to 64MB. 1.8" MicroSATA
SSD is ideal for energy-efficient mobile PC to extend battery life.
1. Product Image
2. Typical Applications
zIBM X301
zDell Latitude E4200

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II. Key Features (Flash Management)
 Bad block management
 Dynamic and static wear-leveling
 Defect management to extend NAND Flash life cycle
 Sudden power-off recovery
III. Specifications
1. Specification Summary
Table 1 1.8 〞 Micro SATA SSD Specification
Performance, power consumption and weight vary with different capacity of products.
Physical
Specifications
Interface 1.8”Micro SATA
Dimension 78mm×54mm×5mm
Capacity 32GB～256GB
Cache 64 MB
Flash Media MLC-NAND Flash
Performance
Sequential Read Up to 260 MB/s
Sequential Write Up to 200 MB/s
4KB Random Read 31 MB/s
4KB Random Write 10 MB/s
Electrical
Specifications
Input Voltage 3.3V ± 5%
Power
Consumption
Idle = < 0.5 W
Typical = < 1.5 W
Operating Temperature Commercial( 0℃～+70℃)
Weight < 60g

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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.
FCC Certified Federal Communications Commission Certified
RoHS Compliant Restriction of Hazardous Substance Directive
3. Electrical Requirements
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
TS Storage Temperature -55 140 ℃
VCC Supply Power 3.0 3.6 V
4. R/W performance
Table 4 Read/Write Performance ①
ATTO Disk Bench
Capacity Read (MB/s) Write (MB/s)
64GB 219 116
128GB 246 135
256GB 260 200
Flash Media Type :MLC①

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IV. Block Diagram
Figure 1 1.8
〞 Micro SATA SSD Block Diagram

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V. Physical Dimensions
Figure 2 1.8 〞 Micro SATA SSD Physical Dimension
Table 5 1.8
〞 Micro SATA SSD Physical Dimension
Dimension Millimeter Inch
A1 78±0.25 3.071±0.010
A2 54±0.25 2.126±0.010
A5 5±0.25 0.197±0.010

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VI. Pin and Signal Description
This section identifies the pin locations and signal descriptions of the RunCore High
Performance SSD.
Figure 3 Micro SATA Structure Diagram
Table 6 Micro SATA Pin Assignment and Description
Pin Signal Name Description
S1 GND 2nd mate
S2 A+ Differential signal pair A
From physical layer electronics
S3 A -
S4 GND 2nd mate
S5 B - Differential signal pair B
From physical layer electronics
S6 B+
S7 GND 2nd mate
P1 V33 3.3V Power, pre-charge, 2nd mate
P2 V33
P3 GND 1st mate
P4 GND 2nd mate
P5 V5 5V Power, pre-charge, 2nd mate, not connected
P6 V5
P7 NC
P8 NC
P9 NC

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VII. Command Sets
1. ATA Commands
The RunCore 1.8＂Micro SATA SSD supports all the mandatory ATA commands defined
in the ATA/ATAPI-7 specification.
Table 7 Supported ATA Command Lists
Command Name Command
Code (Hex) Command Name Command Code (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 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
READ BUFFER E4h SMART -

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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
Enable write cache EFh/02h WRITE SECTOR(S) EXT 34h

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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 8 SMART Subcommand Sets
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

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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].
X. Contact Us
Add：2nd Floor No.2 Building No.39 3rd Road,
Hangzhou Economic & Technological Development Area, Hangzhou, P.R.China
TEL：[phone]/201
Fax：[phone]