AMCC Unveils Advanced PowerPC 460SX Storage Processor for High Throughput RAID Acceleration
June 02 2008 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC), a global leader
in embedded Power Architecture� processing, storage solutions and
optical transport, announced the newest member of its storage
processor family, the PowerPC� 460SX. Based on the Power
Architecture standard, the PowerPC 460SX storage processor
integrates a PowerPC core and specialized functions for
high-performance storage and storage networking applications. With
a rich feature set and high performance, the PowerPC 460SX is
designed to meet the demanding requirements of server
direct-attached and external storage applications. The unique
combination of high-performance IO and memory subsystems also make
the PowerPC 460SX ideal for high-bandwidth protocol bridging
applications. The PowerPC 460SX, with clock frequencies ranging
from 833MHz to 1.4GHz, provides multiple PCI Express Gen 2
interfaces for high bandwidth peripheral connectivity and efficient
PCIe to PCIe bridging. For storage applications, the PowerPC 460SX
provides high throughput RAID 5 and RAID 6 hardware-acceleration
support capable of achieving 1500MB/s RAID 5 and 1400MB/s RAID 6
full stripe write performance. It also includes XTS-AES and GCM-AES
encryption acceleration that is compliant with the IEEE 1619 and
1619.1 standards. For network attachment, the PowerPC 460SX
includes four GbE Ethernet MACs, TCI/IP assist, QoS and a crypto
engine for IPSec and SSL. With these features, the PowerPC 460SX
can improve both system performance and data security, by
performing RAID 5 and RAID 6 parity calculations while at the same
time encrypting and decrypting data in transit and data at rest.
�AMCC�s PowerPC 460SX takes storage processors to a new level.�Its
extensive I/O connectivity, high CPU performance, RAID5/6 and
encryption engines, low power consumption,�and feature integration
make this processor well suited for a wide range of storage
applications,� said Linley Gwennap, Principal Analyst of The Linley
Group. �Combined with AMCC�s hardware-accelerated RAID-on-Linux�
technology, the new�PowerPC 460SX provides customers�with a
complete system solution for seamless integration.� To support the
high bandwidth transactions, the PowerPC 460SX features two
internal buses that support simultaneous read/write operations for
a combined total of 19.2 GBytes/s of peak bandwidth. This bus
topology enables concurrent transactions for write data to memory,
read data from memory, encrypt/decrypt data, and computation of
RAID parities. �Customers are demanding high-performance,
feature-rich storage solutions which increase throughput while
lowering power consumption,� said Sam Fuller, Vice President of
Marketing for AMCC. �Our new storage processor enables new storage
systems to take full advantage of the new 6G SAS and 8G Fibre
Channel technologies and maintains AMCC�s performance and feature
leadership in storage processing.� Samples of the PowerPC 460SX
will be available in 3Q08. For more information on this and other
AMCC storage processors please contact your nearest AMCC sales
office or visit: http://www.amcc.com/Embedded/. About AMCC AMCC
provides leadership semiconductor solutions to process, transport,
and store digital information for the world�s wired and wireless
networks. As a leading supplier of Power Architecture� based
processors and with world-class expertise in SONET and Ethernet
protocol processing, PHY technology, storage processors and RAID
controllers our products are the foundation of the IP
Communications Revolution. AMCC�s 3ware� SAS and SATA RAID
controllers deliver cost-effective, high-performance, high-capacity
storage for enterprises and consumers worldwide in applications
like disk-to-disk backup, near-line storage, network-attached
storage (NAS), video, and high-performance computing. For further
information regarding AMCC, please visit our website at
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