Apro Muse-D Series MLC 6Gb SATA CFast Up to 256GB Card With Marvell Controller and Toshiba Memory Flash IC

APRO Co. Ltd. announces MUSE-D Series MLC SATA III CFast card (CFA) to satisfy the demand of full-time high random R/W speeds for small files in industrial and embedded applications.

It uses Marvell Technology Group Ltd. ‘ controller and Toshiba Memory Corporation‘ MLC Flash IC. It adopts the 4K Mapping operation, that reduces WAF accumulation and enlarge number of write-operations. It also provides performance and reliability through the real-time wear leveling operation. This series provide sequential R/W speed at 530MB/s and 210MB/s, and 4K random R/W speed up to 32,000/26,000 IO/s, making MUSE-D Series MLC SATA III CFA perform faster on high-density applications for the booting OSs or full-time data recorders.

In addition, the LDPC ECC (low-density parity check ECC) technology, comparing to the ECC, has more error correction capability for longer code lengths, and it can improve the life cycle of flash memory which means more errors can be corrected on each page to maintain a longer lifespan of the flash memory.

Except the LDPC ECC, MUSE-D Series CFA also supports technologies below which provide better performance and convenience to ensure the safety and endurance for the industrial and embedded applications.

Power loss data protection: In order to ensure that the last R/W command can be completed, the power loss data protection will stop reading or writing command when it senses the unstable power or insufficient wattage. Therefore, the data can be safely and completely saved in the CFast card. Once the power is restored, the system will move on with the process.
Native Command Queuing (NCQ): Working along with the firmware and controller of HDD and OS, NCQ could improve the reading sequence of the sector, advance the performance and mitigate the rate of wear, especially increasing efficiency on server applications.
Static wear leveling: Static wear leveling is used to prevent the updating static data from staying in the static area and make blocks fully and evenly applied, then each block can have the same usability.
Garbage collection and TRIM: CFast Card uses Garbage Collection and TRIM to reduce the amount of garbage in order to decrease the unnecessary wear of the flash IC.
S.M.A.R.T.: The users could know the health condition of CFast card through S.M.A.R.T.. It can not only predict the lifespan of CFast card but collect the data to know the usage of CFast card, letting users replace with the new product at the proper time. Or, you can also provide the relevant data to the company’s engineer to do the technical analysis, and the firm will offer the effective solution.

The MUSE-D Series MLC SATA III CFast card is compliant with CFast 2.0 specification and ATA8-ACS2 command set and is designed with 7-pin data and 17-pin power connectors. Combining CF card’s form factor and SATA interface makes it have performance than the traditional CF card under the conditions of small form factor and harsh environment.

Moreover, these CFA cards also conform to the SATA 3.1 (6Gb/s) specification with low power consumption and provide compatibility with 3Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s interface.

To ensure the reliability of quality and ability in different environment temperatures, the company chooses the high-end components and conforms to the standard of the industrial system. MUSE-D Series MLC SATA III CFA cards are designed to be used in the standard temperature 0°C ~ 70°C and also in temperature -40°C ~ 85°C. In addition, the firm applies the conformal coating to the PCBA of CFast cards to take the advantages of moisture, dirt, and dust prevention and chemical pollution. The conformal coating can also prevent the corrosion from soldering, becoming an isolation and eliminating the electromagnetic interference.

The capacities of APRO MUSE-D Series MLC SATA III CFast Card are available from 8 to 256GB, and they are suitable for various system booting in the industrial motherboards and also the choices as the storage for small files random writing.

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2018.08.22 | Press Release