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Soft
Mixed Signal Corporation Announces Serial ATA (SATA) PHY IP SATA
1.5Gbps/3.0Gbps PHY IP Compliant to Serial ATA 1.0a and Serial ATA II
Specification Serial
ATA is an evolutionary storage interface standard designed to replace the
existing Parallel ATA storage interface. SATA
allows for significantly improved performance and reliability for data transfer
in a low-cost, low-power solution. SMS
SATA PHY IP compliant with SATA Gen-1 &
Gen-2 specifications. The 0.18µm
PHY (physical layer which includes an integrated digital Out of Band (OOB)
processor, K28.5 COMMA detector and fully integrated clock synthesis) can be
intelligently scaled to support power-efficient multi-port/lane applications.
SMS SATA PHY Implementations for 0.13µm
processes are also being readied. SMS SATA interoperates with multiple Link
& Transport Layer IP Blocks available from IP Vendors. SMS
SATA IP provides a high-performance fully integrated solution
with very small area & power when integrating SATA technology into new or
upgraded SOC applications. "Serial
ATA technology is poised to become a dominant storage technology in systems
ranging from the desktop to the enterprise," according to published
industry analysis reports. “In addition to PC and enterprise markets, Consumer
applications are strong potential applications for Serial ATA from Set-top boxes
to Digital Video Recorders”, said Omer Kal, CEO, Soft Mixed Signal
Corporation. “High value PHY IP cores like SMS SATA IP enable PC and Consumer
Electronics applications a painless transition to Serial ATA” About
Soft Mixed Signal Corporation Founded in 1995, Soft Mixed
Signal Corporation (SMS) is a leading semiconductor intellectual property
company offering innovative solutions for LAN, WAN and high-speed connectivity
markets. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, SMS develops and offers
system level PHY (Physical Layer) / Transceiver Semiconductor IC solutions for
LAN, WAN, SAN/Connectivity markets utilizing proprietary mixed signal and
digital signal processing (DSP) technologies These include LAN: Fast
(100Base-T), Gigabit (Fiber or Copper), 10Gigabit Ethernet; WAN: SONET (OC-3,
OC-12, OC-48); SAN/Connectivity: Fiber-Channel, PCI-Express, USB2.0, NPFI/SPI
4.2 PHY. Soft Mixed Signal Corporation
is also a member of the newly formed Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO),
created by the members of the Serial ATA II Working Group, is the international
organization that owns and manages Serial ATA specifications as open-industry
standards. The non-profit organization defines and implements Serial ATA storage
specifications as the industry's storage needs evolve. Additional information
about the SATA-IO is available at http://www.sata-io.org. Soft Mixed Signal Corporation
can be reached on the Internet at www.softmixedsignal.com. Contacts:
Soft
Mixed Signal Corporation info@softmixedsignal.com Tel:
1-408-654-9555 Fax: 1-408-654-8041 |
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