Si
I
3114
SATALink 4-Port PCI Host Controller
Based on the proven architecture of the SiI 3112
™
SATALink
™
PCI
host controller, the SiI 3114
™
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.
With support for up-to four devices on a single chip, the SiI 3114
is the best price/performance solution for applications that require
up to four SATA devices connected simultaneously. In addition,
multiple SiI 3114 controllers may be used in the same application
when connections to more than four devices are required.
With the SiI 3114, Silicon Image provides customers with drivers for
the Windows, Linux and Novell Netware operating systems for both
RAID and non-RAID operations. Software RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1
(mirroring), and RAID 1+0 (mirrored stripe) functions are supported
through Silicon Image’s SATARaid
™
RAID management software utility.
The SiI 3114 is designed for optimum performance and price. It leverages
much of the circuit innovation at the physical layer of Silicon Image’s
industry leading serial link architecture, pioneered and proven through
its PanelLink
®
products and extended to the SATALink and Fibre
Channel SerDes storage products. This technology is a multi-layer
approach to providing cost-effective, multi-gigabit semiconductor
solutions on a single chip for high-bandwidth applications.
Ch. 0
1.5 Gbps
Target Applications
• PC Motherboards
• PC Add-in Cards
• Server Motherboards
• Host Bus Adapters
• RAID Subsystems
• Embedded Applications
Serial ATA
Hard Disk Drive
Ch. 1
Si
I
3114
Motherboard
PCI Bus
266 MB/s
PCI-to-Serial ATA
Host Controller
(32-bit 33/66 MHz)
1.5 Gbps
Serial ATA
Hard Disk Drive
Ch. 2
1.5 Gbps
Serial ATA
Hard Disk Drive
Ch. 3
1.5 Gbps
Serial ATA
Hard Disk Drive
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