AT3550 User Guide V1.00 February 11, 2005 page 3 of 16
1. HIGHLIGHTS
• 12 Gbyte capacity under 16mm (0.63”)
• 60 Gbyte maximum capacity
• Full -55oC to +125oC military temperature range
• 3.5” drive low profile form-factor
• UDMA-66 compliant IDE interface
• 16 byte CRC/ECC and Active Remap™ for exceptional data reliability
• Kicker™ Hold Up Circuit
• Active Remap™ Data Reliability Feature
• 5 volt, low power operation
• Completely solid state - no moving parts
• 2000G operating shock
• 20G operating vibration
• 0.1 millisecond random access time
• 26 Mbyte/sec cached Read performance
• 20 Mbyte/sec cached Write performance
• 8 year product warranty
• 8 million erase/write cycle endurance
2. INTRODUCTION
The AT3550 “Wolverine” is a series of IDE solid state drives available in a low-
profile 3.5-inch format. The drive is completely solid state, making it exceptionally
rugged and able to operate in extreme environmental conditions.
Sector Erasable NAND E2PROM (Flash) is used to provide over 60 Gbytes of
nonvolatile, solid state storage in an extremely small, rugged form factor. The
drive is 100% IDE compatible and requires no special drivers to operate. It is
essentially a drop in replacement for standard rotating media.
The IDE interface is implemented using a commercially available IDE controller. It
supports UDMA-66 transfers, LBA mode addressing, and incorporates a 1 Mbyte
buffer, and a 16-byte hardware error detection and correction logic. The
CRC/ECC circuitry, in conjunction with Memtech’s proprietary Active Remap™
technology, makes for a virtually bulletproof medium for data retention.
The drive is available in a number of standard capacities ranging from 1 to 60
Gbytes. Drives under 12 Gbytes are 16mm tall, while 60 Gbyte capacity drives
are under 35.5mm.
Each drive is fully tested under environmental extremes at the factory using
Memtech’s proprietary EnduroTest™ to guarantee data integrity in even the
harshest conditions. Full functionality of the product is guaranteed out of the box.
