Accusys Selects AMCC PowerPC 440SP for RAID Solutions

Applied Micro Circuits
Corporation announced  that Accusys has selected AMCC’s PowerPC 440SP storage
processor for their new leadership RAID Controller family (ACS-81000,
ACS-82410, ACS-92000, ACS-93000). Accusys is a worldwide leader in
design, manufacturing, and marketing of RAID products.

The
AMCC PowerPC 440SP storage processor enables these new Accusys products
to deliver unmatched performance, flexibility and the ability to meet
demanding customer storage requirements for their RAID applications.
With RAID 5 and RAID 6 acceleration engines, 4Gb DDR2-667 memory
controller, high bandwidth internal bus structure and multiple high
speed I/O interfaces, the AMCC PowerPC 440SP allows Accusys to fully
utilize the performance of the 4Gb Fibre Channel and 3Gb SAS
connectivity.

The new ACCUSYS RAID controllers feature
dual 4Gb FC or 3Gb SAS uplinks support for both SAS and SATA2 disk
arrays. They also support numerous advanced storage array features and
functions including multiple RAID levels, on-line capacity
provisioning, dynamic volume management, and disk health monitoring
while delivering high performance and flexibility at a cost-effective
price point.

"We are pleased to have been selected by Accusys
to power their new advanced RAID controllers. Accusys is clearly
responding to RAID solution challenges and the PowerPC 440SP is a key
factor in their product differentiation," said Sam Fuller, Vice
President Marketing at AMCC. "The high performance, wide range of
features and flexibility of our PowerPC 440SP is helping Accusys
deliver leadership solutions on a short development cycle. Customer
wins of this nature clearly validate the strategic investments AMCC has
made to maintain a leadership position with its Storage Processor
products. Their proven RAID architecture and reliability are a winning
combination as they continue to be selected by a growing number of
storage OEMs and ODMs."

"The
performance gained from the AMCC storage processor is quite
significant," said Frank Hu, Director of Product Strategy at Accusys.
"AMCC’s PowerPC 440SP simply empowers Accusys controllers to deliver
higher performance by saturating and utilizing 100% of the fiber
channel bandwidth. This is certainly critical with the deployment of
4Gb FC and 3Gb SAS solutions in the storage market. And it took only
about three weeks to get the controller running. That is very fast
compared to other development experiences."

"The power of the
AMCC PowerPC 440SP enables all of the complex RAID operations to be
performed efficiently and smoothly with very little impact on other
applications," said Jemmy Lai, Manager of Product Strategy at Accusys.
"This is very important so that our customers can recognize the value
of our new storage management features. They can immediately employ the
ease of use and flexibility when they can manipulate various RAID
configurations and allocate storage resources with little impact to
normal operations."

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Corporation

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