Microchip Announces Mass Production of Industry's First 24G SAS/4th Generation PcIe (PCIe Gen 4) Tri-Mode Storage Controller

     Server OEMs and cloud operators designing storage platforms for next-generation data centers need higher performance through PCIe Gen 4's 16 CPU interfaces and support for the latest non-volatile (NVMe) solid-state drives (SSDs) and 24G SAS bases facility. Microchip Technology Inc announced that the first products with the above functions are in mass production. The first mass-produced fourth-generation PCIe tri-mode SmartROC (RAID-on-Chip) 3200 and SmartIOC (I/O controller) 2200 storage controllers are highly secure and easy to manage, and can meet the stringent requirements of server storage applications Require.

     "As the industry rapidly transitions to fourth-generation PCIe-based servers and non-volatile solid-state drives for high-performance storage, we remain committed to delivering versatile and Innovative controller product while leveraging SAS/SATA HDDs for mass storage. We achieved several industry firsts, including the first to support Gen 4 with DirectPath technology for low-latency non-volatile (NVMe) transfers PCIe interface, and the first to support 24G SAS with Dynamic Channel Multiplexing (DCM) for efficient aggregation of low-speed SAS or SATA hard drives on a 24G SAS infrastructure."

     SmartROC 3200 and SmartIOC 2200 products support x8 and x16 Gen 4 PCIe host interfaces, supporting up to 32 lanes of SAS/SATA/NVMe mode connections. Both products support up to 8 GB of onboard cache with three times the RAID performance compared to similar products, while DCM provides over 99% of the performance while fully ensuring interoperability with existing legacy SAS/SATA infrastructure % link efficiency.

     Microchip's intelligent storage stack management tools simplify the integration process and enhance product flexibility for system integrators. New Smart Storage Products Support Universal Backplane Management (UBM) for SFF, Intel Virtual Pin Port (VPP) for Smart Backplane Management, and DMTF Standards-Based Platform Level Data Model (PLDM)/Redfish® Device Enablement (RDE) Specification that simplifies the implementation of out-of-band management of the Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) or Baseboard Management Controller (BMC).

     Microchip's Trusted Platform support provides a new level of computing and supply chain security based on a hardware root of trust compliant with the Open Compute Security Project. Microchip has expanded its unique solution based on maxCrypto Controller Encryption (CBE) to support SAS, SATA, and now NVMe media.