Packaging

The Drive

The drive conforms to the dimensions set forth by the 2.5" form factor. It is made of metal to improve its durability and is only 7 mm thick, which makes it compatible with Intel's Ultrabook specification.


Like most recent SSDs, the AMD Radeon R7 SSD uses the SATA 6 Gbps interface. It is compatible with any older SATA standard, but will, in such a case, work at reduced performance.


You will find the SSD controller and 16 flash chips on the PCB. A DRAM chip is also present. It provides the SSD controller with RAM.


AMD is using OCZ's Indilinx Barefoot 3 M00 controller, a technology OCZ acquired with the purchase of Indilinx.


The 16 MLC flash chips are produced by Toshiba and are built on a 19 nanometer process.