Patent ID: 7393247

Claim:
A Serial Advanced Technology Attachment-based (SATA-based) flash memory device configured for coupling with a host machine, comprising: semiconductor memory configured for storing data; a plug having therein a plug cavity, said plug cavity having a generally L shape cavity for housing a set of SATA industry-standard signal pins in respective industry-standard positions with respect to said plug cavity, at least a subset of said set of SATA industry-standard signal pins being configured to carry address and data signals to facilitate storing said data in said semiconductor memory, said L shape cavity being characterized by a longer substantially rectangular cavity coupled with a shorter substantially rectangular cavity, said plug additionally having a set of power pins that represents a plurality of power pins and includes at least a first power pin, said set of power pins being positioned in said shorter substantially rectangular cavity, wherein a contacting surface of contacting surfaces of said set of power pins faces sides of said set of SATA industry-standard signal pins, said SATA-based flash memory device employing a SATA protocol for exchanging said data with said host machine using said set of SATA industry-standard signal pins, said SATA-based flash memory device obtaining power via said set of power pins.