- Serial ATA (SATA) – 3.0 Gbps (300MB/s) and 1.5 Gbps (150MB/s)
- Compliant with SATA 1.0, and ATA, SATA II Extensions to SATA 1.0:
- Port Multiplier with FIS-based switching
- Native Command Queuing with non-zero offsets
- Four independent DMA channels with 2KB FIFO per channel
- Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
- Multimaster I2C interface
- Supports up to 4MB external FLASH
- Supports ATAPI devices: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.
- Supports hot-plug of SATA devices
- One activity LED per channel
- Output swing control for backplane and extended cable length applications
- Supports spread spectrum clocking to reduce EMI
- JTAG Boundary Scan compliant with IEEE std 1149.1
A reference design for this product is available. Download the Reference Design Brief for more information.