Employing SSD technology in a system enables faster boot times, quicker application load times, lower power consumption, and enhanced reliability. FEATURES Silicon Motion SM2258HX controller SLC caching accelerates burst performance Global wear leveling evens program/erase counts to extend drive lifespan StaticDataRefresh technology ensures data integrity Intelligent garbage collection routines for advanced free space management TRIM command support (OS dependent) S. M. A. R. T. support LDPC hard and soft decode ECC DEVSLP support Field-upgradeable firmware SATA 3.1 Compliant SATA 6Gb/s - backwards compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and 1.5G b/s ATA/ATAPI-8-ACS3 command set compliant Industry-standard 512-byte sector support Temperature sensor Native Command Queuing (NCQ) support with 32 command queue depth RoHS-compliant package 3D TLC NAND DRAM support