Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2014-08-21
The Crucial MX100 SSD we are reviewing today offers plenty of performance and is bundled with the Acronis True Image HD for easy cloning when transferring data from an older SSD or mechanical drive. The product comes in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB flavors and is very affordable.
The warranty sticker will prevent regular users to open up the unit:
After removing the cover, we will be able to expose 8 Micron 16nm MLC NAND chips; we would like to note that the 128GB MX100 uses 20nm MLC NAND chips:
On one of the PCB ends we will be able to find a Texas Instruments MSP430 Low-power MCU:
Alright then, time to look on the other side, which implies the removal of four additional screws; the aluminum body also acts as a heatsink and the manufacturer has used thermal pads as interface; here we have eight additional MLC NAND Flash chips along with the controller and the RAM cache:
The MX100 is using the Marvell 9189 controller and supports LPDDR memory:
Speaking of LPDDR, we will be able to find a total of 512MB Micron LPDDR2 cache:
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