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PMC Enables Wide-Spread Enterprise SSD Deployment with Industry’s Highest-Performance SAS Controllers

6Gb/s SAS Tachyon Controller Family Sets New Benchmark with up to 16 Ports and More Than 750,000 IOPS SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 15, 2011 – PMC-Sierra, Inc., (“PMC”) (Nasdaq:PMCS), the network semiconductor innovator, today introduced its latest generation of SAS/SATA protocol controllers, which doubles the performance and port density of existing solutions. The Tachyon® SPCv family… Read more »

PMC Leads SAS Transition Shipping More Than 74 Million 6Gb/s SAS System Ports

PMC’s Innovative Storage Solutions Accelerate SAS Adoption in Storage Systems and Servers SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 13, 2011 – PMC-Sierra, Inc. (“PMC,” Nasdaq:PMCS), the network semiconductor innovator, today announced that the company has shipped more than 74 million 6Gb/s SAS system ports, establishing PMC as the leading provider of 6Gb/s SAS technology. Unprecedented demand for storage… Read more »

6Gb/s SAS Definition

6Gb/s SAS has many enhancements beyond 3Gb/s SAS. It has more bandwidth per connection, greater scalability, and enhanced features. 3Gb/s SAS usage models will be preserved in 6Gb/s SAS along with the retention of 1.5 Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA compatibility. There are many other targeted improvements beyond first generation 3Gb/s SAS, assuring enterprise storage users… Read more »

6Gb/s SAS Nomenclature and Logo Usage Guide

SCSI and SAS standards developed by T10 have historically been given marketing names by the SCSI Trade Association (STA), for numerous reasons. In some cases, multiple T10 documents are required to describe a particular SAS generation. In other cases, the document names can contribute to a fair amount of market confusion, and at times, features… Read more »

SAS “Goes Deep” at the 11th STA/UNH Plugfest Event

San Francisco, Nov. 15, 2010 – The SCSI Trade Association (STA), a member-run industry association established to support and promote SCSI technology, announced today that the 11th Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Plugfest was held the week of October 4, 2010, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Nineteen companies, including both STA members… Read more »

LSI Launches Industry’s First 6Gb/s SAS Switch in the Channel

High-performance, low-cost storage networking option allows storage resources to be shared across multiple servers for optimized storage utilization and simplified management MILPITAS, Calif., October 12, 2010 – LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today introduced in the channel the industry’s first 6Gb/s SAS switch. The LSITM SAS6160 switch is designed to significantly extend the capabilities of SAS… Read more »

LSI Launches Family of Configurable Storage Components for White Box Channel Partners

New CTS2600 family of configurable storage components enable channel partners to build, customize, brand and sell complete external storage systems MILPITAS, Calif., June 22, 2010 – LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today introduced the CTS2600 family of configurable storage components, offering white box channel partners a quick, efficient and cost-effective approach to build, customize, brand and… Read more »

ATTO Announces Immediate Availability of a Line of 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Adapters

Collaborates with Marvell to Deliver Third Generation SAS/SATA RAID Adapters Amherst, NY (June 8, 2010) – ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, today announced the immediate availability of its ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters, delivering significant advancements in performance and flexibility with enterprise-class features. The… Read more »