NAS 7820/1, Next Generation Media Networked Storage Solution
Key Benefits
Unique Trident architecture including
dual-core ARM 11 MP each core running
at 750 MHz, application specific hardware
engines for networking, storage, and
security, and highly structured firmware
for the highest performance at the lowest
system cost
Highly optimized for consumer
applications such as streaming multiple
HD videos, music, and photos with high
quality-of-service (QoS), content
protection, fast back-up, remote access,
trans-coding, and much more
Security engine for encryption with
hashing functionality for enhanced
security
Booting from HDD without Flash for the
lower BOM cost (support of Flash is
optional)
Integrated 1/2 SATA3G/s ports with
RAID0, RAID1, and JBOD support in
hardware
Rich set of interfaces: dual USB2.0,
UART, JTAG, PCIe, and RGMII
Supported file system: SMB, XFS, EXT3,
and NTFS (Read)
Support of many third party application
partners for media serving, remote
access, back-up, and media content
management
The Evolution of the Consumer Market
The digital lifesytle is going through major changes.
More and more people are self-creating, purchasing
and downloading digital contant (videos, photos, and
music) than at any time before. This explosion of
digital content demands a fresh approach to
consumer content storage, security, and management.
We are now witnessing the third wave of the
consumer digital revolution. The first wave was the
introduction of the internet into the homes. The
second wave was the mainstream adoption of
handheld mobile devices such as smart phones and
MP3 players. The third wave is the demand of
consumers to access their content from anywhere,
anytime, and from any device securely and reliably.
This requires a fresh thinking into consumer content
storage.
This emerging environment presents new
challenges/opportunities to system designers, as these
new consumer devices now must evolve from a one-
dimensional model of a single user/application to a
sophisticated, multi-client model running
simultaneous applications.
Long gone are the times that the conventional
“cranking up” of the processor clock could effectively
meet the new requirements and cost structure of the
consumer storage market. There are two orthogonal
requirements: on one hand these new SoCs should
provide high performance in a multi-application and
multi-user environment. At the same time, meet the
cost sensitive requirements of the consumer market.
This requires a new architectural approach.
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