Intel SSDSA1MH080G1 User Manual

Intel

®

 X18-M/X25-M SATA Solid State Drive

July 2008

Advance Product Manual

Order Number: 319765-002US

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This document incorporates many industry- and device-specific words. Use the 

following list to define a variety of terms and acronyms.

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

ATAPI

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface

BER

Bit error rate, or percentage of bits that have errors relative to the total number of bits 

received

BIOS

Basic Input / Output System

Chipset

A term used to define a collection of integrated components required to make a PC 

function. 

Device Initiated Link Power 

Management (DIPM)

The ability of the device to request SATA link power state changes.

DIPM

Device Initiated Power Management (SATA hard disk drive)

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DRAM

Dynamic Random Access Memory

EXT

Extended

FP

First Party

GB

Giga-byte defined as 1x10

9

 bytes

HCI

Host Controller Interface

HCT

Hardware Compatibility Test

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

Host Initiated Link Power 

Management

The ability of the host to request SATA link power state changes.

Hot Plug

A term used to describe the removal or insertion of a SATA hard drive when the system is 

powered on.

iMSM

The Intel Matrix Storage Manager device driver and associated system software.

LBA

Logical Block Address

LPM

Link Power Management: the ability of the SATA link layer to enter one of two lower power 

consuming states, partial and slumber

MB

Mega-bytes defined as 1x10

6

 bytes

MP

Multi-Processor

MTBF

Mean time between failure

Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

The ability of the SATA hard drive to re-order commands in order to maximize the 

efficiency of gathering data from the platters.

NOP

No Operation

NTFS

NT File System

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OS

Operating System

Port

The point at which a SATA drive physically connects to the SATA controller.

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RMS

Root Mean Squared