Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2013-09-11
Silicon Power has recently launched a mainstream SSD with decent transfer speeds and a lower 7mm height in order to increase the compatibility and include ultrabooks and other slim devices to the list. Besides the 16 NAND Flash chips, the SSD also features a 72-bit processor from Phison, the PS3108-S8-1 and also 512MB of DDR3 RAM for caching purposes.
Silicon Power has also placed here a warranty sticker to avoid opening up the product:
Along the SATA Data/Power connectors we can also find a set of small additional pins:
After removing the four bottom screws, we can pop up the top cover only to discover that this drive does not feature the well-know SandForce controller, but a Phison one:
The Phison PS3108-S8-1 is a 72-bit processor, a cost-effective which gives decent performances:
Near it we have a 512MB DDR3 RAM chip branded PSC A3P4GF4BLF which acts as a buffer:
On the same side we have 8 TT57G2GAHC NAND Flash chips with a density of 128Gbit (16GB):
On the back side of the PCB we have the rest of 8 NAND Flash chips:
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