Security News > 2021 > January > Microchip announces production release of 24G SAS/PCIe Gen 4 Tri-mode storage controllers

Server OEMs and cloud operators designing storage platforms for next-generation data centers need to deliver significantly higher performance through PCIe Gen 4 x16 CPU interfaces and support for the latest NVMe SSDs and 24G SAS infrastructure.

Microchip announced production release of the first products to deliver these capabilities; the Smart Storage PCIe Gen 4 Tri-Mode SmartROC 3200 and SmartIOC 2200 storage controllers also provide proven security and manageability features for the most demanding server storage applications.

"We continue to offer the most versatile and innovative controller portfolio for an industry that is rapidly migrating to PCIe Gen4-based servers and NVMe SSDs for performance storage while continuing to leverage SAS/SATA HDDs for bulk storage," said Pete Hazen, vice president of Microchip's data center solutions business unit.

"Our industry firsts include support for a PCIe Gen 4 interface with DirectPath technology for low-latency NVMe transactions, and 24G SAS with Dynamic Channel Multiplexing for more efficient aggregation of lower-speed SAS or SATA hard drives onto 24G SAS infrastructure."

The new Smart Storage products support SFF's Universal Backplane Management, Intel Virtual Pin Port for intelligent backplane management, and DMTF's standards-based Platform Level Data Model/Redfish Device Enablement specification simplifying the implementation of out-of-band management over Management Component Transport Protocol/Baseboard Management Controller.

SmartROC 3200/SmartIOC 2200 storage controllers are available in volume production quantities, featuring up to 32 ports of SAS/SATA/NVMe connectivity.

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