PMC Joins the OpenPOWER Foundation and Brings Expertise on Strategic I/O Projects
December 17 2014 - 5:04AM
Business Wire
PMC Collaborates with Industry Leaders on OpenPOWER Advanced
Server, Networking, Storage and Acceleration Technology
PMC-Sierra, Inc. (PMC®) (Nasdaq:PMCS), the semiconductor and
software solutions innovator transforming networks that connect,
move and store big data, today announced the company has joined the
OpenPOWER Foundation, an open development community based on the
POWER microprocessor architecture. PMC will work with IBM and other
OpenPOWER Foundation members to develop server and storage
solutions for next-generation data centers that integrate IBM POWER
CPUs and PMC Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and NVM Express™ (NVMe)
products.
PMC joins a growing roster of technology organizations working
collaboratively to build advanced server, networking, storage and
acceleration technology, as well as industry-leading open source
software aimed at delivering more choice, control and flexibility
to developers of next-generation hyperscale and cloud data centers.
The group makes POWER hardware and software available to open
development for the first time, as well as making POWER
intellectual property licensable to others, greatly expanding the
ecosystem of innovators on the platform.
PMC intends to sponsor a new I/O workgroup, along with IBM,
Emulex, Qlogic and Mellanox. The company also joins the system
software, hardware architecture, coherent accelerator architecture
(CIAA) and open server development platform workgroups.
“Participating in the I/O workgroup with IBM and integrating our
products into the OpenPOWER platform ensures that our customers
have access to the latest cloud and big data storage technology,”
said Kurt Chan, vice president of storage technology and strategy
for PMC’s Enterprise Storage Division. “As a market leader in SAS
and NVMe controllers, working with the industry to define new I/O
interfaces and being at the forefront of new developments enables
PMC to deliver the most advanced products for open
architectures.”
“The development model of the OpenPOWER Foundation is based on
collaboration and represents a new way of innovating around
processor technology,” said Brad McCredie, OpenPOWER president and
IBM fellow and vice president. “OpenPOWER Foundation members like
PMC will be able to add their own innovations on top of the POWER
processor technology to better serve their customers’ needs, as
well as create new products to address new markets. PMC’s deep I/O
expertise will benefit our collective efforts and further
strengthen OpenPOWER’s growing ecosystem.”
To learn more about OpenPOWER and to view the complete list of
current members, go to www.openpowerfoundation.org. #OpenPOWER to
join the conversation.
About PMC’s Server, Storage System and Flash
Solutions
PMC is a leading provider of enterprise storage system solutions
for networked and server storage applications, with a broad
portfolio of Adaptec by PMC® RAID adapters and HBAs, Tachyon®
SAS/SATA and Fibre Channel (FC) protocol controllers, RAID
controllers, Flashtec™ PCIe flash controllers and NVRAM drives, and
maxSAS™ expander and FC disk interconnect products. Together, these
products provide end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions to
the industry’s leading storage OEMs and ODMs and hyperscale data
centers. For more information, visit
http://www.pmcs.com/storage.
About PMC
PMC (Nasdaq:PMCS) is the semiconductor and
software solutions innovator transforming networks that connect,
move and store big data. Building on a track record of technology
leadership, the company is driving innovation across storage,
optical and mobile networks. PMC’s highly integrated solutions
increase performance and enable next-generation services to
accelerate the network transformation. For more information, visit
www.pmcs.com. Follow PMC on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and
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