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Acer FA200 500 GB

500 GB
Capacity
MAP1602A
Controller
QLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
The Acer FA200 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on December 19th, 2023. It is available in capacities ranging from 500 GB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 500 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Acer FA200 interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the MAP1602A Falcon Lite from MaxioTech, a DRAM cache is not available. Acer has installed 232-layer QLC NAND flash on the FA200, the flash chips are made by YMTC. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The cache is sized at 124 GB. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The FA200 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 6,300 MB/s and 3,100 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 600K for reads and 600K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 45 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Acer guarantees an endurance rating of 250 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 500 GB
Variants: 500 GB 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB
Overprovisioning: 46.3 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: Dec 19th, 2023
Price at Launch: 45 USD
Part Number: Unknown
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Single-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.4
Power Draw: Unknown

Controller

Manufacturer: MaxioTech
Name: MAP1602A Falcon Lite
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: Quad-Core
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 4 @ 2,400 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: HMB (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: YMTC
Name: Xtacking 3.0 (X3-6070)
Rebranded: (Rebranded by Biwin)
Type: QLC
Technology: 232-layer
Speed: 2400 MT/s
Capacity: Unknown
ONFI: 5.0
Topology: Charge Trap
Die Size: 52 mm²
(19.7 Gbit/mm²)
Planes per Die: 4
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 253 per NAND String
91.7% Vertical Efficiency
Endurance:
(up to)
1000 P/E Cycles
Page Size: 16 KB

DRAM Cache

Type: None
Host-Memory-Buffer (HMB): 40 MB

Performance

Sequential Read: 6,300 MB/s
Sequential Write: 3,100 MB/s
Random Read: 600,000 IOPS
Random Write: 600,000 IOPS
Endurance: 250 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 2.0 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.3
SLC Write Cache: approx. 124 GB
(dynamic only)

Features

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

Notes

Controller:

This controller features multiples variants:
F1C - Uses NVMe 1.4
F2C - Uses NVMe 1.4
F3C - Uses NVMe 2.0
F3C U - For 4TB SSDs and uses NVMe 2.0

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