LSI and Seagate have developed 65nm hard disk drive system-on-chip (SoC) with integrated low-density parity check (LDPC) read channel technology, which enables new levels of performance and storage capacity for leading-edge Seagate HDDs.
The new initiative combines Seagate’s LDPC digital back-end read channel and hard drive controller IP with LSI’s TrueStore RC8000 and PHY8000 series technology, ARM Cortex-R4 processor and physical layer (PHY) technology.
The TrueStore PHY series provides Seagate with integrated interface offerings for HDD SoC designs that are compatible with 6Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA and 4.25Gb/s Fibre Channel protocols.
Cecil Macgregor, vice president of VLSI development at Seagate, said: "The long-standing relationship between Seagate and LSI has delivered innovative, best-in-class solutions over many technology generations. We continue this trend with the delivery of innovative HDDs based on the industry’s first 65nm SoC utilising LDPC read channel technology."
Phil Brace, senior vice president and general manager of storage peripherals Division at LSI, said: "Together, LSI and Seagate are driving areal density improvements and raising the bar for HDD capacity and performance."
The company said that the 65nm hard disk drive SoC with integrated LDPC read channel technology is available now in Seagate HDDs.
