APRO, a leading brand in NAND type flash memory storages mainly for industrial and military applications, launched HERMIT-F Series 2.5" PATA SSD, which is designed and based on Hyperstone F9 PATA controller.

APRO 2.5" PATA SSD HERMIT-F Series provides ULTRA HIGH RANDOM SPEED Solid State Drive (SSD) with standard 44-Pin male connector that complies with ATA/ATAPI 7 standard and True-IDE Mode. It supports PIO 3-6, MWDMA 0-4 and UDMA 3-6, with an outstanding high random read and write (4K data size) performance, and it's available for SLC NAND type flash memory.

The HERMIT-F Series 2.5" PATA SSD uses the technology of 4K Mapping algorithm which effectively reduces the accumulation of the Write Amplification Factor (WAF). Through the 4K Mapping algorithm and hyMap firmware technology, the HERMIT-F Series 2.5" PATA SSD effectively extends the lifespan and reliable operation.

Furthermore, the data transfer performance by sequential read is up to 57.9 MB/Sec, and sequential write is up to 61.7 MB/Sec; 4K data random read is up to 9.6 MB/Sec, and 4K data random write is up to 8.6 MB/Sec. The outstanding high-speed random read and write performance with extremely rugged metal casing enables the SSD to be used in nearly all types of embedded applications in harsh environment.

The HERMIT-F Series 2.5" PATA SSD supports S.M.A.R.T. health monitoring and lifetime estimation tools so that the user may inspect the health status of the 2.5" PATA SSD whenever it is necessary. It also features a rigorous power fail-safe design and provides reliable operation without the need of hardware-based power fail protection like tantalum capacitors.

The HERMIT-F Series 2.5" PATA SSD product line is available for operating standard temperature of 0°C ~ +70°C and wide temperature of -40°C ~ +85°C.

Product capacities are available from 128MB up to 64GB.

ABOUT 2.5" PATA SSD
PATA(Parallel ATA), originally AT Attachment, is an interface standard for the connection of storage devices such as hard disk drives (HDDs), and solid state drive (SSD). A solid-state drive (SSD) is a solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data persistently. It is also sometimes called solid-state disk. SSDs (solid-state drives) have no moving mechanical components. This distinguishes them from conventional electromechanical drives such as hard disk drives (HDDs) or floppy disks, which contain spinning disks and movable read/write heads. Compared with electromechanical drives, SSDs are typically more resistant to physical shock, run silently, have quicker access time and lower latency, and are mainly used in those aspects of mission-critical applications in industrial embedded system, automation, transportation system, defense, medical equipment, industrial control systems, and avionics where the speed of the storage system needed to be as high as possible.