MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LSI
Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced it is sampling the
industry's first 28nm system-on-a-chip (SoC) for the desktop and
mobile HDD market segments. The transition to 28nm SoC technology
provides a cost-effective way to increase the amount of data that
can be stored on a hard drive by enabling higher areal density and
yield through superior signal-to-noise ratio performance.
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"The explosion of digital content driven by rich media such as
high-definition video and photography is challenging HDD
manufacturers to deliver higher-capacity, more energy-efficient
drives," said Phil Brace, senior
vice president and general manager, Storage Peripherals Division,
LSI. "By being first to sample 28nm SoC technology, we're offering
HDD manufacturers a low-risk, time-to-market advantage in meeting
next-generation HDD capacity points while staying within the power
envelope."
An SoC is an integrated circuit that incorporates core
components of an HDD electronic system into a single chip.
LSI® TrueStore® SoCs are designed to simplify
disk drive development, improve reliability and reduce power
consumption while lowering drive costs for HDD manufacturers.
A critical piece of intelligence integrated into the new 28nm
SoC is the LSI TrueStore RC5100, a 28nm read channel featuring
third-generation LSI low-density parity check (LDPC) iterative
decoding architecture. The RC5100 builds upon the success of the
LDPC architecture of its 40nm predecessor to create a seamless
roadmap of significant areal density increases for HDD OEMs.
The LSI TrueStore family of hard disk, solid-state disk and tape
devices includes highly integrated SoCs, read channels,
preamplifiers, serial PHYs and hard disk drive controller IP. By
offering a broad portfolio of integrated SoC solutions, LSI enables
its customers to address all segments of the storage market, from
mission-critical enterprise applications and high-capacity desktop
PCs to low-power laptops and tape archive solutions.
About LSI
LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) designs semiconductors and
software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters and
mobile networks. Our technology is the intelligence critical to
enhanced application performance, and is applied in solutions
created in collaboration with our partners. More information is
available at www.lsi.com.
LSI, the LSI & Design logo and TrueStore are trademarks or
registered trademarks of LSI Corporation.
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