OXUFS936QSE, Universal Interface to Quad SATA RAID Controller

Highlights

General Features

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High performance Universal Interface

(FireWire800, FireWire400, USB2.0 or

eSATA) to SATA storage controller

Key Features

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High performance Universal Interface

(FireWire800, FireWire400, USB2.0 or

eSATA) to SATA storage controller

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Integrated hardware RAID controller

supporting:

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Disk striping with distributed parity

(RAID 5)

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Disk striping with dedicated parity

(RAID 3)

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Disk striping (RAID0) for maximum

performance

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Disk striping with mirroring (RAID

10)

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Disk spanning for large capacity

single volume

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Support for hot spare disk

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Supports SATA II Gen2m specification

and 3.0Gbps and 1.5Gbps interfaces

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Hardware RAID rebuild engine (up to

HDD transfer rate)

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Sustained transfer rates in excess of

240Mbytes/s (limited only by HDD or

interface transfer rates)

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48 GPIO (24 dedicated, 24

multiplexed)

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Integrated PWMs and Fan-Tacho

control

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Flexible RAID User Agent (LED &

LCD support)

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USB mass-storage class compliant

The

OXUFS936QSE

is

a

universal

interface

(eSATA,

FireWire800,

FireWire400, USB2.0) to quad SATA storage controller. Delivering industry

leading performance across all interfaces, the OXUFS936QSE supports a range

of 4-disk and 3-disk RAID configurations and provides a platform for OEMs to

develop a range of external storage systems.

The intgrated high-performance hardware RAID engine supports a range of

RAID modes which can deliver maximum performance (RAID 0) or the optimal

combination of performance and data protection via RAID 5, 3 or 10.

With integrated eSATA device port, IEEE1394b link, USB2.0 device and quad

SATA host controllers the OXUFS936QSE requires a mimum number of

external components and reduces total system cost.

Embedded ARM Processor

By managing the data flow, the on-chip ARM7 processor enables a whole new

series of standalone consumer electronic product to be developed in a simple

C/C++ programming environment.

USB2.0

The embedded USB2.0 PHY supports both full and high speed, using bulk-only

transport Mass Storage Class device protocol. Fast read and write transfers

ensure that the maximum possible host performance is maintained.

No additional USB host drivers are required, for either Windows® or Mac®

operating systems, for standard storage, button notification or GPIO control

applications.

FireWire

The embedded 1394 PHY and link layer supports both FireWire800 and

FireWire400 and complies with the 1394-1995 and 1394-2000 specifications.

No additional 1394 host drivers are required, for either Windows® or Mac®

operating systems for standard storage applications.

SATA Interface

The embedded 3GHz SATA host interfaces supports the latest revisions of the

SATA II specifications. In addition the eSATA device port also supports the

Gen2m interface.

Interface speeds of 3GHz and 1.5GHz deliver maximum

performance with minimum latency for external SATA storage.

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