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SiI5744 Storage Processor 

Storage Processor with Embedded USB 2.0 and eSATA Interfaces

The SiI5744 is a low-cost, single-chip solution for digital home and small office storage appliances. This SteelVine® Storage Processor connects a USB 2.0 or 3 Gbps eSATA host port to two 3 Gbps eSATA Gen2m device ports. Features of the SiI5744 include advanced RAID modes, drive locking, and single-button backup. Extensive software developer kits are available from Silicon Image to simplify product differentiation.

Applications: Disk Drives , External SATA , Storage Systems



 

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Serial ATA Host Interface Features
• Serial ATA Gen2m compliance
• eSATA and 2-meter cable support
• 3 Gbps (auto-negotiates to 1.5 Gbps)
• Compatible with PM aware and non-PM aware hosts
• Allows multiple drives to be accessed by non-PM aware drive hosts
• Supports NCQ

USB Host Interface Features
• Complies with USB 2.0 specification
• 480 Mb/s (can auto-negotiate to 12 Mb/s)
• Compatible with OHCI / UHCI / EHCI hosts
• Supports up to four LUNs
• Supports Mass Storage Class

Device Interface Features
• Serial ATA Gen2m compliance
• eSATA and 2-meter cable support
• 3 Gbps (auto-negotiates to 1.5 Gbps)
• Independent 8KB FIFO / Port
• Power management capabilities
• Supports hot plug
• Supports ATAPI & asynchronous notification

Electrical Specifications
• GPIO pins: 9 GPI, 6 GPO
• 3.3V IO Supply, 1.8V Core Supply
• 1.02 watts (typical)

Environmental
• Operating temperature: 0ºC to 70ºC
• Operating relative humidity: 5% to 80%
• Non-operating relative humidity: 5% to 95%

Physical Specifications
• 88-pin QFN, 10mm x 10mm

Additional SteelVine Features
• No driver, BIOS or software required
• User API interface through I2C
• No drive reformatting on RAID change
• Email Notification
• Optional XML API
• RAID 1 drive racing
• Optional SteelVine Manager GUI
• Mandatory SMART commands available
• SAFE later



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