mDOC H3
Embedded Flash Drive (EFD) featuring Embedded TrueFFS®
Flash Management Software
Data Sheet, November 2007
HIGHLIGHTS
mDOC H3 is an Embedded Flash Drive (EFD)
designed for mobile handsets and consumer
electronics devices. mDOC H3 is the new
generation of SanDisk’s successful mDOC
product family, enabling tens of millions of
handsets and other mobile devices since the
year 2000.
mDOC H3 is a hybrid device combining an
embedded thin flash controller and standard
flash memory.
mDOC H3 enables multimedia driven
applications such as music, photo, video, TV,
GPS, games, email, office and other
applications.
In addition to the high reliability and high
system performance offered by the current
mDOC family of products, mDOC H3 offers
plug-and-play integration, support for multiple
NAND technologies and more features such as
advanced power management schemes.
EMBEDDED TRUEFFS
SanDisk’s proprietary TrueFFS flash
management software is now embedded within
the mDOC H3 device and runs as firmware
from the flash controller.
mDOC H3 uses advanced Multi-Level Cell
(MLC) and binary (SLC) NAND flash
technologies, enhanced by SanDisk’s
proprietary TrueFFS embedded flash
management software running as firmware on
the flash controller.
Legacy mDOC Architecture
Host
The breakthrough in performance, size, cost
and design makes mDOC H3 the ideal solution
for mobile handsets and consumer electronics
manufacturers who require easy integration,
fast time to market, high-capacity, small form
factor, high-performance and most importantly,
highly reliable storage.
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mDOC H3 Architecture
Host
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Figure 1: TrueFFS - Legacy mDOC vs.
mDOC H3 Architecture
Embedded TrueFFS enables mDOC H3 to
fully emulate a hard disk to the host processor,
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