LSI Samples Industry's First 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip IC for Next-Generation PCI Express 3.0 Server Platforms
December 16 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
New dual-core ROC designed to deliver 600,000 I/Os per second,
allowing users to take full advantage of solid-state drives;
includes latest PCI Express(R) and SAS technologies MILPITAS,
Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Corporation (NYSE:
LSI) today announced it is sampling the LSISAS2208 dual-core 6Gb/s
SAS RAID-on-Chip (ROC) IC to OEM customers. The high-performance
LSI(TM) SAS ROC is intended to support the forthcoming PCI Express®
3.0 specification, currently under development within the PCI-SIG®,
and provide I/O performance levels that meet the needs of
next-generation server platforms based on PCI Express 3.0 and
flash-based solid-state drive (SSD) storage. The draft PCI Express
3.0 specification will extend PCI Express data rates up to 8.0
GigaTransfers per second per lane, doubling the host bandwidth that
was achievable with previous generations. Integrating the latest
enhancements in PCI Express and SAS technology, the
third-generation LSI SAS ROC will deliver performance levels of up
to 600,000 input-output operations per second (IOPS), allowing
server platforms to take full advantage of the performance benefit
of SSDs for applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server,
databases, Web serving and business intelligence. "Performance is
becoming more critical in today's enterprise environments,
especially as more enterprise-class solid-state drives are
deployed," said Jeff Janukowicz, Research Manager, Hard Disk Drive
Components and Solid State Drives at IDC. "Devices such as the
next-generation LSI ROC, coupled with PCI Express 3.0-based server
platforms, are designed to maximize the performance benefits of
flash storage." The LSISAS2208 ROC integrates a 72-bit DDR3-1333
SDRAM interface, specialized hardware acceleration engines and a
high-performance dual-core 800 MHz PowerPC processor for optimized
RAID performance. In addition, the LSISAS2208 ROC incorporates
enhancements such as single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) for
greater performance in virtualized environments, improved system
performance and data security, and more finely-tuned quality of
service (QoS). "From server generation to server generation,
leading OEMs have relied on the LSI SAS portfolio to meet their
storage demands," said Bill Wuertz, senior vice president and
general manager, Storage Components Division, LSI. "As the industry
now begins to look towards the PCI Express 3.0 wave of server
platforms, the new LSISAS2208 ROC will enable OEMs to take
advantage of the performance capabilities offered by the new
specification, once again demonstrating LSI's ability to help keep
our customers at the forefront of industry inflection points." "We
are excited to see LSI implementing the latest PCI Express
specifications in their next-generation products," said Al Yanes,
PCI-SIG Chairman and President, commenting on the early adoption of
the upcoming PCIe® 3.0 technology. "LSI has been an active member
of the PCI-SIG since its inception participating in numerous
technical working groups and developing products which include PCI
Express technology." Since the inception of SAS, LSI has delivered
an industry-leading portfolio of products including controller ICs,
expanders, host bus and MegaRAID® adapters, RAID-on-Motherboard
(ROMB) solutions and storage systems. Based on a 25-year track
record of hardware and firmware expertise and extensive validation
processes, LSI is the silicon-to-systems supplier of choice for
OEMs that want to deliver a broad set of storage solutions. About
LSI LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) is a leading provider of innovative
silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products
which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content
together. The company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and
services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters,
systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known
brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking
markets. More information is available at http://www.lsi.com/.
Editor's Notes: 1. All LSI news releases (financial, acquisitions,
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by PR Newswire and are immediately thereafter posted on the
company's external web site, http://www.lsi.com/ 2. LSI, MegaRAID
and the LSI & Design logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of LSI Corporation. 3. PCI Express is a registered
trademark of PCI-SIG. All other brands or product names may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
DATASOURCE: LSI Corporation CONTACT: Jay Russo, LVA Communications,
+1-860-739-5598, ; Brian Garabedian, LSI Corporation,
+1-408-433-8253, Web Site: http://www.lsi.com/
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