Intel® Z-P230 PATA SSD
Intel® Z-P230 PATA Solid State Drive
Product Manual
September 2008
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Order Number: 319955-003US
1.1
Key Features
• 4 GB, 8 GB and 16 GB capacity
• ATA UDMA4 support
• ZIF connector or Mini PCIe form factor
• Weight
— ZIF connector: approximately 11 grams
— Mini PCIe form factor: approximately 8 grams
• Less than 1mW idle power (TYP)
• 445 mW active power (TYP)
• Uses Intel MLC NAND Flash Memory
• Sequential read: 38 MB/s
• Sequential write: 10 MB/s
• Footprint
— ZIF connector: 38 mm (L) x 54 mm (W) x 3.2 mm (H)
— Mini PCIe form factor: 50.95 mm (L) x 30 mm (W) x 3.8 mm (H)
1.2
Architecture
The Intel Z-P230 PATA Solid State Drive is a dual-channel PATA controller driven SSD
available in a ZIF connector or mini PCIe form factor.
The PATA controller in the Intel® Z-P230 PATA Solid State Drive uses a microcontroller-
based architecture that enables two flash memory channels to service read and write
operations. See
Figure 3, “Functional Block Diagram of Intel Z-P230 PATA Solid State
Drive” on page 7
.
Capable of performing flash management functions, the SSD also
implements internal wear leveling to minimize system overhead.
Intel Z-P230 PATA Solid State Drives use Intel MD516 NAND Flash Memory multi-level
cell (MLC) thin-small outline package (TSOP) devices in three capacities: 4 GB, 8 GB
and 16 GB. Refer to the Intel MD516 NAND Flash Memory Datasheet for details about
this component. Please see
Section 8.0, “Additional Product Information” on page 22
for more information.
Intel MLC NAND uses the industry-standard ONFI NAND flash memory command set
that is capable of program page cache mode, page read cache mode, two plane
commands and interleaved die operations.
