SeverRaid 0+1 PCI to 4 Port SATA150

 

PCI to 4 Port SATA150

 

SiI3114 - PCI to 4 Port SATA150 

SATALink 4-Port PCI Host Controller

SiI3114 is a single-chip PCI to 4-port Serial ATA (SATA) host controller. The chip is ideal for applications such as servers, workstations and storage systems featuring peripherals with this new storage interface standard. Based on a 32-bit/66 MHz PCI interface, the SiI 3114 provides support for four independent Serial ATA devices and may be incorporated into motherboard or PCI add-in card designs.

• Serial ATA (SATA) – 1.5 Gbps (150MB/s)
• Compliant with SATA 1.0 specification
• Integrated SATA Transport, Link logic, and PHY layer
• 48-bit sector addressing
• Four independent DMA channels with 256B FIFO per channel
• Virtual DMA in PCI with serial link in legacy PIO mode
• Supports command buffering for ATA TF shadow registers
• Supports up to 4MB external FLASH
• Supports ATAPI devices: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.
• Hot-Plug capable
• Supports SATA active signal for 4 separate LEDs
• Selectable drive strength on Tx for backplane applications
• Supports spread spectrum clocking to reduce EMI
• Single, digital PLL architecture with 1 PLL for all 4 channels