Apacer ATA-Flash Drive (AFD) is a high-performance, solid state drive
(SSD) designed to replace a
conventional IDE hard disk drive. AFD supports standard ATA/IDE protocol and can
be plugged into a ZIF
connector commonly found in portable PCs. It is more rugged, reliable and
power-efficient compared to
the mechanical hard drive and is designed for use in rugged laptops, military
devices, thin clients, Point of
Sale (POS) terminals, telecom, medical instruments, surveillance systems and
industrials PCs. Apacer
AFD Series is the best drop-in replacement for high-maintenance HDD where
reliability is a major
concern.
AFD includes a built-in microcontroller and file management firmware that
communicates through with the
ATA standard interfaces and is set to the Master operation in default. This
means the AFD does not
require any additional or proprietary host software such as the Flash File
System (FFS) and Memory
Technology Driver (MTD) software. AFD is designed to work at 3.3 Volts, support
the standard ATA/IDE
protocol up to PIO Mode-4, Multiword DMA Mode-2, and Ultra DMA Mode-4 interfaces
and uses a
standard ATA driver that fits to all major operating systems such as Microsoft’s
Windows series, MAC OS,
and UNIX variants.
Featuring technologies as Advanced Wear-leveling algorithms, S.M.A.R.T, Built-In
Hardware ECC,
Enhanced Data Integrity, Intelligent Power Failure Recovery, Secure Protection
Zone and ATA Secure
Erase, Apacer’s AFD assures users of a versatile device on data storage.
