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Acer SA100 960 GB

960 GB
Capacity
MAS0902A-B2C
Controller
QLC
Flash
SATA 6 Gbps
Interface
2.5"
Form Factor
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The Acer SA100 is a solid-state drive in the 2.5" form factor, launched in 2021. It is available in capacities ranging from 240 GB to 1.9 TB. This page reports specifications for the 960 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Acer SA100 interfaces using a SATA 6 Gbps connection. The SSD controller is the MAS0902A-B2C from MaxioTech, a DRAM cache is not available. Acer has installed 96-layer QLC NAND flash on the SA100, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are processed more quickly. The cache is sized at 100 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 100 MB/s. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 60 MB/s. The SA100 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 560 MB/s and 507 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 84K for reads and 72K for writes.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to three years, which is above average, but shorter than the five years offered by many other vendors. Acer guarantees an endurance rating of 300 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 960 GB
Variants: 240 GB 480 GB 960 GB 1.9 TB
Overprovisioning: 129.9 GB / 14.5 %
Production: Active
Released: 2021
Part Number: SA100-960GB
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: 2.5"
Interface: SATA 6 Gbps
Protocol: AHCI
Power Draw: 0.19 W (Idle)
Unknown (Avg)
1.8 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: MaxioTech
Name: MAS0902A-B2C
Architecture: ARM 32-bit
Core Count: Single-Core
Foundry: GF
Process: 40 nm
Flash Channels: 4 @ 667 MT/s
Chip Enables: 8

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: N28A FortisFlash
Rebranded: BW29F4T08GMLBE (Rebranded by Biwin)
Type: QLC
Technology: 96-layer
Speed: 50 MT/s .. 800 MT/s
Capacity: 2 chips @ 4 Tbit
ONFI: 4.0
Topology: Floating Gate
Die Size: 115 mm²
(8.9 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 4 dies @ 1 Tbit
Planes per Die: 4
Read Time (tR): 90 µs
Program Time (tProg): 2080 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Read Speed: 711 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 30 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)
1500 P/E Cycles
(30000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 4608 Pages
Plane Size: 492 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: None

Performance

Sequential Read: 560 MB/s
Sequential Write: 507 MB/s
Random Read: 84,000 IOPS
Random Write: 72,000 IOPS
Endurance: 300 TBW
Warranty: 3 Years
MTBF: 2.0 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.3
SLC Write Cache: approx. 100 GB
(dynamic only)
Speed when Cache Exhausted: approx. 100 MB/s
Cache Folding Speed: 60 MB/s

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • No
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: No

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Notes

NAND Die:

tPROG with overhead: 2080 µs (Avg 30 MB/s per die)

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