User Manual

Intel
®
X25-V SATA Solid State Drive
January 2010 Advanced Product Manual
Order Number: 322736-002US 5
Intel
®
X25-V SATA SSD
1.0 Introduction
The Intel
®
X25-V SATA Solid State Drive (SSD) delivers capacity and optimized
performance for cost sensitive and rugged platforms in the industry standard 2.5” form
factor. By combining Intel’s leading 34nm NAND flash memory technology with our
innovative high performance controller, Intel delivers its 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, or fragile actuators, unnecessary
delays due to spin-up time or positional seek time that can slow down the storage
subsystem significantly, are absent. The Intel X25-V 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 our new addition to the Solid State Drive
product family: .Intel X25-V SATA SSD in the 2.5” form factor.
1.1 Product Overview
The Intel X25-V SATA SSDs primarily target SATA based client 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
X25-V SATA SSDs are available in the 2.5” form factor that are electrically,
mechanically, and software compatible with existing 2.5” Serial ATA slots and cables.