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Six Industry Leaders to Support 6Gb/s SAS Technology as Market Readies for 2009 Adoption
MILPITAS, Calif., Oct 22, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
LSI Corporation
(NYSE: LSI) today announced that Dell, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, IBM, Intel,
NEC and Sun Microsystems have selected its 6Gb/s SAS RAID-On-Chip (ROC)
solution to enable next-generation entry- to enterprise- server platforms.
According to IDC estimates*, 6Gb/s SAS market adoption will begin in
mid-to-late 2009 and is linked to the broad availability and production volume
shipments of SAS ecosystem components and devices.
"Server manufacturers face constant pressure to engineer increases in
performance and scalability across increasingly diverse applications -- from
retail to real-time business analytics to delivery of content-on-demand. To
succeed, underlying technologies must be robust and highly reliable," said
David Reinsel, IDC group vice president, storage and semiconductors.
"Technology alignment paves the way for a smooth transition to the 6Gb/s SAS
generation."
The new LSI 6Gb/s SAS solution builds upon the market-leading LSI SAS
3Gb/s technology products, delivering performance and power-saving advantages
as compared to other silicon alternatives, along with the added assurance
gained from robust interoperability testing.
"LSI has deep hardware, firmware and validation competencies combined with
a 25-year track record of successfully bringing forward business-critical
storage technologies," said Bill Wuertz, senior vice president, Storage
Components Group, LSI. "As a SAS market segment leader, our validation across
the industry's broadest spectrum of OEM platforms is unmatched, allowing us to
leverage this experience in each new generation of solutions. It's a
fundamental and powerful advantage."
Key milestones toward preparing the market for the broad adoption of 6Gb/s
SAS solutions include multi-vendor interoperability "plugfest" events and
silicon product sampling. The next plugfest will be held during the week of
Nov. 10 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory
(UNH-IOL). Individual 6Gb/s SAS components and devices are expected to appear
in the market over the next 12 months, with widespread adoption occurring as
6Gb/s SAS-enabled servers ship in volume.
The LSI(TM) 6Gb/s SAS ROC IC (SAS2108), and 6Gb/s SAS RAID adapters
(LSI MegaRAID(R) SAS92808e and SAS92608i) are now sampling to OEMs worldwide.
Since the inception of SAS, LSI has delivered market-leading products
across its portfolio of controller ICs, expanders, host bus and MegaRAID
adapters, RAID-on-motherboard solutions and storage systems. By offering
best-in-class SAS technologies, assured interoperability, and single vendor
support, LSI is the silicon-to-systems supplier of choice for OEMs that want
to deliver a broad set of storage solutions. More information on the complete
LSI SAS portfolio is available at http://www.lsi.com/sas.
About LSI
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systems and software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring
people, information and digital content together. The company offers a broad
portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product
ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known
brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking markets. More
information is available at http://www.lsi.com.
"Dell and LSI enjoy a long relationship of delivering technology and
solutions that drive industry standards, growth and improved customer
experience," said Darren Thomas, vice president and general manager, Dell
storage. "We are excited about the introduction of 6Gb/s SAS with the
stability and benefits that customers will be able to reap as the entire
ecosystem develops." (http://www.dell.com)
"Fujitsu Siemens Computers is committed to addressing market needs with
products engineered for high-reliability and cost-efficient performance.
Relying on strong storage partners such as LSI to provide technology solutions
is one way we deliver on this commitment," said Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice
President, Enterprise Server Business at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. "As
customers begin evaluating 6Gb/s SAS, Fujitsu Siemens Computers will provide
well-matched solutions as soon as the transition makes business sense."
(http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com)
"As the SAS interconnect evolves, IBM is deploying robust, first-to-market
SAS RAID solutions that provide increased performance and help clients better
protect their data," said James Northington, vice president IBM System x.
"IBM's support for 6Gb/s technology from LSI is part of our work to help
clients develop a new enterprise data center, which offers dramatic
improvements in IT efficiency and provides for rapid deployment of new IT
services to support future business growth." (http://www.ibm.com)
"Intel is committed to delivering leading RAID products to our channel
customers and LSI 6Gb/s SAS RAID-On-Chip silicon and MegaRAID are key
elements," said David Brown, Intel General Manager, Channel Server Products.
"Our forthcoming SAS/SATA solutions based on these technologies will allow our
customers to better service the growing market for systems requiring advanced
data protection, enhanced performance and superior usability."
(http://www.intel.com/go/serverproducts)
"LSI and its market-leading RAID technology enable NEC, who is
aggressively promoting 6Gb/s SAS, to engineer Japan's most advanced servers,"
said Tadashi Takizawa, Chief Manager, Client And Server Division, NEC. "Our
tradition of cooperation and technology integration benefits both our
companies, and our customers." (http://www.nec.com)
"LSI's introduction of 6Gb/s SAS technology will enable Sun to offer
customers compelling, feature-rich SAS-based server and storage solutions,"
said Victor Walker, vice president of Storage Development, Sun Microsystems.
"Sun was among the first to adopt 3GB/s SAS technology, and we are pleased to
extend that leadership as the industry transitions to 6Gb/s SAS."
(http://www.sun.com)
Editor's note: Quote Sheet follows in alphabetical order by company name.
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* IDC White Paper sponsored by LSI, "From 3Gb/s SAS to 6Gb/s SAS: It Takes
a Standard and an Ecosystem", Doc #213104, August, 2008
SOURCE LSI Corporation
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