Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Avago Technologies | Subject: Tachyon Fibre Channel controllers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 09 December 2004
New milestone for Fibre Channel
controller ICs
Agilent Technologies has shipped more than 4 million Tachyon Fibre Channel controller ICs since production began in 1995.
Agilent Technologies has shipped more than 4 million Tachyon Fibre Channel controller ICs since production began in 1995 Agilent's Tachyon protocol controller ICs, the most widely used in the industry, are available in single-, dual- and four-port configurations at speeds up to 4Gbit/s
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The Tachyon brand has become an industry standard with more than 5.3 million ports in operation and more than 50% market share among disk array manufacturers", said Erik Ottem, Marketing Director of the Input/Output Solutions Division in Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group.
"Agilent's recent introduction of an industry-first 4Gbit/s, four-port Tachyon controller with PCI Express enables breakthrough bandwidth and IOPS performance".
"The QX4 uses the same programming interface as earlier Tachyon products, preserving existing firmware/software investments and speeding time to market".
The 4Gbit/s Tachyon dual-port DX4+ and four-port QX4 controllers support 4, 2 and 1Gbit/s data transfer rates and offer an easy upgrade to 4Gbit/s speeds while allowing design re-use for existing customers.
Agilent provides an extensive API toolset with its Tachyon software development kit, including sample drivers to enable new customers to quickly develop software solutions.
Agilent Tachyon controllers are part of the industry's broadest solution set for Fibre Channel, including fibre-optic transceivers, physical layer ICs, board-level solutions and test equipment.
The Agilent Tachyon controller's proven state-machine architecture easily scales to 8 and 10Gbit/s.
The architecture provides numerous independent functional blocks, which concurrently process inbound data, outbound data, and control and commands in hardware.
The result is simultaneous, parallel processing of inbound data, outbound data, and hardware control and commands to maximise bandwidth and minimise latency and I/O overhead. Request a free brochure from Avago Technologies ...
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