Specifications
Flash Memory Guide
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7.6 mSATA (MO300) and Half-Slim (MO297) Solid State Drives
Kingston oers integrators and system builders with a small form factor mSATA and Half-Slim SATA SSDs for
commercial applications.
MO-300 – mSATA or Mini-SATA, was announced by the Serial ATA International Organization in September 2009.
Applications include netbooks, ultrabooks and other devices that require a smaller solid-state drive. The connector
is similar in appearance to a PCI Express Mini Card interface, and is electrically compatible, however the data signals
need to go to the sata host controller instead of the PCI-express host controller. Not all mini PCIe connections support
SATA so check with your system provider for more details.
MO-297 – Slim SATA, is a solid state drive with a purpose-built form factor that delivers great performance in a
standard case-less form factor – and less than half the size of a 2.5” SSD. Slim SATA uses a standard SATA drive and
power connection as a 2.5” SSD which makes it compatible with a wide variety of host systems. Slim SATA is an
industry standard JEDEC form factor (MO-297) and provides (4) mounting locations to secure the drive to the system.
M.2 – The new M.2 is a next generation storage form factor designed for ultra-compact SATA-based solutions. M.2
is developed by the PCI-SIG and designed as a revision and improvement to MO-300, and utilized the existing PCI
Express Mini Card form factor and connector which allows longer modules and double-sided component population.
M.2 modules are rectangular and provide multiple widths and lengths; however, commercially available M.2 module
is 22 mm wide, with varying lengths of 30, 42, 60, 80 and 110 mm. Not all mini PCIe connections support SATA so
check with your system provider for more details.
INTERFACE INTERFACE VOLTAGE PIN COUNT SIZE IN MM
MO-300 SATA 3.3 Volts 52 Pin PCIe Mini Card 50.8 x 30
MO-297 SATA 5 Volts 22 Pin SATA 54 x 39
M.2 PCI Express 3.3 Volts 75 Pins PCIe M.2 22 x 30, 42, 60, 80, 110
Kingston works closely with global semiconductor and controller manufacturers to ensure that Kingston SSDs deliver
superior price/performance to its customers.
8.0 Kingston Flash Media Readers
Flash media readers allow Flash storage devices to be used as portable storage for computers as well as for uploading
or downloading of pictures, music, and other data without requiring the original host device (such as a digital camera
or MP3 player), and without any additional drain on its batteries.
Flash media readers can enable the transfer of data at higher speeds than a host device is capable of supporting; for
example, a USB reader will be much faster than a host device (such as a digital camera) using a serial interface. If a
host device does not support high-speed transfers, the faster reader will signicantly reduce the data transfer times.
Kingston oers Flash media readers for the convenient attachment of Flash storage devices to personal computers
or notebooks.
For Flash media, Kingston recommends the exible and convenient Media Reader, a single reader that supports
multiple Flash card formats and can be connected to any computer with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port. Kingston