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SiI 3132
PCI Express to 2-Port Serial ATA II
Host Controller
Building on the proven architecture of Silicon Image’s industry-leading host
™
controllers, the SiI 3132 is a single-chip, one-lane PCI Express to 2-port Serial ATA
Applications
(SATA) II host controller that brings server-class features to the desktop.
The x1 PCI Express interface allows the device to connect to the latest mother-
boards that take advantage of this high-speed serial interface. The SiI 3132 also
supports all Serial ATA II features, including 3.0 Gbps SATA II transfer speeds,
Native Command Queuing, port multipliers with FIS-based switching, programmable
output signal swing strengths for longer external cables or extended backplanes,
hot plugging, enclosure management and ATAPI device support.
• PC Motherboards
• ExpressCard
Applications
• Server
Motherboards
Users of the SiI 3124 can easily migrate to the SiI 3132 because its driver structure
is similar to that of the SiI 3124. The SiI 3132 offers the best SATA price/performance
and is both flexible and robust for today’s demanding storage applications. When
connectivity to more than two devices is required, a port multiplier device such as
the SiI 3726 can be used with the SiI 3132.
• Embedded
Applications
With the SiI 3132, Silicon Image provides customers with drivers for the Windows
and Linux operating systems for both RAID and non-RAID operations. Software
RAID 0 (striping) and RAID 1 (mirroring) functions are supported through
™
Silicon Image's SATARaid RAID management software utility when each port
is connected to a single hard drive. When used with a SATA port multiplier,
Software RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (mirrored stripe) and RAID 5 (parity RAID)
are supported.
The SiI 3132 leverages much of the circuit innovation at the physical layer of
™
Silicon Image’s proprietary reduced overhead Multi-layer Serial Link (MSL )
®
architecture, pioneered and proven through its PanelLink products and extended
to the SATALink and Fibre Channel SerDes storage products. MSL technology is a
multi-layer approach to providing cost-effective, multi-gigabit semiconductor
solutions on a single chip for high-bandwidth applications.
Serial ATA II
SiI 3132
HDD 0
3.0 Gbps
Southbridge
or
PCI Express
to 2-port
SATA II
PCI Express x1
2.5 Gbps
Media
HDD 1
HDD 5
Controller
Hub
SiI
3726
Port
Multiplier
Host
Controller
Serial ATA II
3.0 Gbps
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