Feature Highlights

 



The SATA2-PCIE0/021 is a 2-port Serial ATA to PCI Express Host Adapter. The SATA2-PCIE01/02 is designed to provide multiple port serial ATA connectivity with minimal host overhead and host to device latency. The SATA2-PCIE01/02 supports a 1-lane 2.5 Gb/s PCI Express bus and the Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s (300 MB/s).



• Host Protocol
  • Optimized for transaction oriented designs – minimal Host overhead
  • Supports two command issuance mechanisms
    - Efficient in both embedded and PC implementations
    - Reduces dependency on bridge behavior
  • Supports up to 4Mbit external Flash for BIOS expansion
  • Supports a master/slave I2C interface
  • Supports external Flash or serial EEPROM for programmable subsystem vendor ID / subsystem product ID



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• PCI Express Features
• Supports 1-lane 2.5 Gb/s PCI Express
• Internal application interface multiplexed to 2 ports
• All registers appear in unified memory space
• All registers accessible through I/O space
• Full-chip command completion status accessible with single PCI Express access



• Serial ATA Features
• Integrated Serial ATA Link and PHY logic
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications
• Supports Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s
• Plesiochronous, Single PLL architecture, 1 PLL for 2 ports
• Output Swing Control
• Supports two independent Serial ATA channels

Two Internal SATA ports	Two External E-SATA Ports

 

• Independent Link, Transport, and data FIFO
• Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
• Hard coded state machines no code space or download
• Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ)
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ
• Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ
• Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multipliers
  • 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port on-chip
  • Protocol Override per Command
  • Staggered Spin-up Control
• Computer Platform:
  • PC with 1-lane 2.5 Gb/s PCI Express slot
• OS Requirements:
  • Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003
• Drivers:
  • Non-RAID serial ATA drivers for Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003
  • RAID 0, 1 serial ATA drivers for Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003
  • For RAID 5, 10 you will need a Sil3726 SATA Port Multiplier and RAID GUI utility.

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