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Data Sheet
CompactFlash Card
SST48CF008 / 016 / 024 / 032 / 048 / 064 / 096 / 128 / 192 / 256
2002 Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
S71125-03-000
2/02
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3.2.1.5.1 General Configuration
This field informs the host that this is a non-magnetic, hard sectored, removable storage device with a
transfer rate greater than 10 MByte/sec and is not MFM encoded.
3.2.1.5.2 Default Number of Cylinders
This field contains the number of translated cylinders in the default translation mode. This value will be
the same as the number of cylinders.
3.2.1.5.3 Default Number of Heads
This field contains the number of translated heads in the default translation mode.
3.2.1.5.4 Number of Unformatted Bytes per Track
This field contains the number of unformatted bytes per translated track in the default translation mode.
3.2.1.5.5 Number of Unformatted Bytes per Sector
This field contains the number of unformatted bytes per sector in the default translation mode.
3.2.1.5.6 Default Number of Sectors per Track
This field contains the number of sectors per track in the default translation mode.
3.2.1.5.7 Number of Sectors per Card
This field contains the number of sectors per CompactFlash card. This double word value is also the
first invalid address in LBA translation mode.
3.2.1.5.8 Memory Card Serial Number
The contents of this field are right justified and padded with spaces (20H).
3.2.1.5.9 Buffer Type
This field defines the buffer capability:
0002H: a dual ported multi-sector buffer capable of simultaneous data transfers to or from the host and
the CompactFlash card.
3.2.1.5.10 Buffer Size
This field defines the buffer capacity in 512 Byte increments. SST’s CompactFlash card has up to 8
sector data buffer for host interface.
3.2.1.5.11 ECC Count
This field defines the number of ECC bytes used on each sector in the Read and Write Long
commands.
3.2.1.5.12 Firmware Revision
This field contains the revision of the firmware for this product.
3.2.1.5.13 Model Number
This field contains the model number for this product and is left justified and padded with spaces (20H).
3.2.1.5.14 Read/Write Multiple Sector Count
This field contains the maximum number of sectors that can be read or written per interrupt using the
Read Multiple or Write Multiple commands. SST’s CompactFlash card can support up to 2 sectors for
Read Multiple or Write Multiple Commands.