Eric Gisin
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Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:36 pm Post subject:
SATA-2 host controllers |
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Available/announced SATA-2 host controllers, excluding HW RAID.
Intel ICH6R integrated 4 port:
AHCI: yes; speed 1.5
SATA-2 features: FPDMA, NCQ, hot-swap,
FW RAID: 0, 1, 0+1, 5
Intel ICH7R integrated 4 port:
AHCI: yes; speed 3
SATA-2 features: FPDMA, NCQ, hot-swap,
FW RAID: 0, 1, 0+1, 5
http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/matrixstorage_sb.htm
nForce4 integrated 4 port:
AHCI: no; speed 1.5/3
SATA-2 features: FPDMA, NCQ, hot-swap, +?
http://nvidia.com/page/nforce4.html [Is a data sheet available?]
SiS 966 integrated 2/4 port:
AHCI: yes; speed 1.5
SATA-2 features: FPDMA, NCQ, hot-swap, +?
FW RAID 0, 1, 0+1
http://www.sis.com/products/sis966.htm
VIA VT8251 integrated 4 port:
AHCI: yes; speed 3
SATA-2 features: FPDMA, NCQ, hot-swap, port multiplier,
FW RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5
[nothing at via.com.tw]
SiI 3124 PCI-X 4 port:
AHCI: no; speed 1.5/3
SATA-2 features: FPDMA, NCQ, hot-swap, port multiplier,
FW RAID: 0, 1, 10, 5
http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=27&ptid=1
SiI 3132 PCI-E 1-lane 2 port:
AHCI: no; speed 3
SATA-2 features: FPDMA, NCQ, hot-swap, port multiplier, enclosure managment
FW RAID: 0, 1, 10, 5 (with PM)
http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=32&ptid=1
Marvell 88SX6041/81 PCI-X 4/8 port:
AHCI: no?; speed 3
SATA-2 features: FPDMA, NCQ, hot-swap, +?
[nothing at marvell.com]
LSI SAS/SATA chip: ???
General SATA-2 links:
http://www.tweakers.net/reviews/557/5 [review of SATA RAID cards]
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html [SATA on Linux]
Notes:
FW RAID: Firmware RAID is implemented in BIOS and drivers.
SATA-2 feature list: first-party DMA, NCQ, hot-swap,
port selector, port multiplier, enclosure managment.
Hot-swap includes several SATA-2 features. I need to re-read the SATA-2 white papers. |
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