Intel® Solid-State Drive 530 Series (M.2)
September 2013 Product Specification
Order Number: 329213-002US 5
1 Introduction This document describes the specifications an d capabilities of the Intel® Solid-State Drive 530 Series
(Intel® SSD 530 Series).
The Intel® SSD 530 Series is a case-less, M.2, next generation storage solution designed for
Ultrabook™. The new M.2 form factor allows ultra-compac t s olutions which deliver leading
performance for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)-based computers in capacities
ranging up to 360 GB.
The latest feature addition is the DevSleep func tionality, a low power drive state controlled by the host
via the DevSleep pin. The drive will consume a mere 200 µW while in this state.
As compared to standard SATA HDDs, Intel SSD 530 Series offers these key features:
• High I/O and throughput performance
• Low power consumption
• Increased system responsiveness
• High reliability
• Enhanced ruggedness
• Small form-factor
• Minimum weight
The Intel SSD 530 Series also offers additional key features such as:
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit Encryption
AES 256-bit encryption is an industry standard in data security, providing a hardware-based
mechanism for encryption and decryption of user da ta . Utilizing a 256-bit encryption key, AES
encryption—when combined with an ATA drive password—helps protect user data.
• End-to-End Data Protection
End-to-end data protection helps protect data from being corrupted across the data path by us ing
cyclic redundancy check (CRC), parity, and error correction code (ECC) checks in the data path from
the host interface to the NAND, and back.
• Data Compression
Data compression helps improve performance and endurance by automatically compressing
information sent to the SSD so that less data has to be proces s ed and stored on the NAND. The
amount of data that can be compressed depends on the type of data.