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Common Building Block (CBB)

Hard Disk Drive for Notebooks


Specification

August 2006

Revision 1.0
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2 Specification
Contents
1 Introduction .....................................................................................................5
1.1 General Description ................................................................................5
1.2 Related Documents.................................................................................5
1.3 Nomenclature ........................................................................................6
1.4 Targeted Audiences ................................................................................6
1.5 CBB HDD Overview.................................................................................6

2 Additional Information .......................................................................................7

Tables
Table 1. Related Documents ...............................................................................5
Table 2. Nomenclature.......................................................................................6

Specification 3
Revision History

Revision Description Revision Date


Number

1.0 Public release. August 2006

4 Specification
Introduction

1 Introduction

1.1 General Description


This specification describes the electrical and mechanical interface requirements that
allow Common Building Block (CBB) Hard Disk Drive (HDD) to be used on notebook
platforms that support the interchangeability requirements of the CBB program. This
document does not discuss the performance, reliability, or quality of this CBB
component.

1.2 Related Documents


Table 1 lists documents related to this specification.

Table 1. Related Documents

Title Description/Availability

Common Building Block (CBB) Platform Design Guide


Hard Disk Drive for Notebooks
www.mobilefromfactors.org
Platform Design Guide

SFF-8201 2.5" drive form factor dimensions.


http://www.sffcommittee.com/ie/Specifications.html

SFF-8223 2.5" drive w/Serial Attachment Connector.


http://www.sffcommittee.com/ie/Specifications.html

Various Serial ATA specifications.


http://www.serialata.org/specifications.asp

Various Parallel ATA specifications. http://t13.org/

EIA-720 EIA Specification for Small Form Factor 63.5 mm (2.5 in.)
Disk Drives

Specification 5
Introduction

1.3 Nomenclature
Table 2 lists acronyms used in this document and their descriptions.

Table 2. Nomenclature

Abbreviation Description

CBB Common Building Block

HDD Hard Disk Drive

ODM Orginal Design Manufacturer

OEM Orginal Equipment Manufacturer

1.4 Targeted Audiences


The specification is intended for the following audiences:

• CBB HDD suppliers.


• Engineers designing platforms using the CBB HDDs.

1.5 CBB HDD Overview


The CBBs were established to enable and accelerate the growth and innovation in the
mobile notebook ecosystem by building upon a foundation of components or
ingredients that comply to specifications for interchangeability. This spec assists in
defining the mechanical form and fit and basic electrical connections of CBB HDDs in a
mobile system. Innovation, value-add, and differentiation are left to the suppliers and
system designers. Intel is working with key industry players from OEMs, ODMs, and
notebook system ingredient suppliers to ensure CBB ingredients are available for
integration into notebook systems.

This specification is based on the SFF committee specifications listed in the Related
Documents.

6 Specification
Additional Information

2 Additional Information
The website http://www.mobileformfactors.org is the location for the latest
information regarding CBBs with links to industry specifications, lists of CBB-candidate
ingredients and CBB compliant ingredients, as well as links to system designers and
ingredient suppliers.

Specification 7

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