Patent ID: 7649742

Claim:
A flash-memory drive comprising: an upper case; a lower case; a printed-circuit board assembly (PCBA) that comprises: a circuit board having wiring traces; a plurality of flash-memory chips mounted to the circuit board; a controller chip mounted to the circuit board, the controller chip having a input/output interface circuit for interfacing to an external computer, and a processing unit for accessing the plurality of flash-memory chips in response to commands from the external computer received by the input/output interface circuit; a connector mounted to the circuit board, for connecting the controller chip to the external computer; wherein the upper case is attached to the lower case during assembly with the PCBA between the upper case and the lower case, with the connector passing through an opening between the upper case and the lower case, the upper and lower cases encapsulating the circuit board, wherein the plurality of flash-memory chips are block-addressable and not randomly-addressable; wherein the connector is an integrated device electronics (IDE) connector or a small-computer system interface (SCSI) connector.