Silicon Image and ASMedia Technology have announced that Silicon Image’s SiI5923 SteelVine technology-based storage processor is integrated into a reference design for ASMedia’s ASM1051 single-chip offering to bridge USB3.0 to Serial ATA (SATA) Gen2.
The companies said that the SuperSpeed USB3.0 chip leveraging SteelVine storage technology features over 275MB (megabytes) per second sustained performance using two 3GB (gigabyte) drives to enable performance of USB 3.0 enclosures. The SiI5923 SteelVine Series 3 Core storage processor delivers a zero-configuration design with no software support required.
According to Silicon Image, the SiI5923 features include storage offload engine; eSATA-capable device ports; RAID0 low latency for high performance; RAID1 implementation; RAID1-later that allows users to add redundancy with an extra drive, when needed; RAID1 performance (racing) for faster storage; auto mirror/failover; automatic sector recovery that extends RAID1 lifespan; and hardware acceleration.
Tim Vehling, vice president of worldwide marketing at Silicon Image, said: “The SiI5923 SteelVine Series 3 Core storage processor, which we introduced in June 2009 doubles the read/write performance of our customers’ designs versus their previous-generation designs. Enclosure manufacturers can operate the SiI5923 in RAID0, RAID1 or JBOD modes to maximise performance, reliability and power efficiency while reducing costs.”
