Plextor Introduces M6S SSD With DEVSLP Device Sleep Mode

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Plextor's new SSD is called the M6S, and comes in capacities between 128 GB and 512 GB.

Plextor Introduces M6S SSD With DEVSLP Device Sleep Mode : Read more

 

[Christopher1]

What exactly is this DEVSLP Mode? Other articles on other websites have said that it is 're-configuration' of SATA where a functionality that was not commonly used was redesigned for DEVSLP?

 

[jimmysmitty]

What exactly is this DEVSLP Mode? Other articles on other websites have said that it is 're-configuration' of SATA where a functionality that was not commonly used was redesigned for DEVSLP?

http://www.storageinterface.com/articles/12-sata-devslp

DEVSLP is a signal that is sent to a SATA disk drive to tell it to enter a very low power state. The SATA specification has always allowed for the drive to enter a low power state, but in the past the drive had to keep its high speed transceiver circuitry powered up in order to receive the signal to wake up again. DEVSLP removes this power hungry requirement by using a separate low speed pin.

Just allows for SSDs to go into an even lower power state so even less power used in sleep mode.