ALISO VIEJO, Calif.,
April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading
provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power,
security, reliability and performance, today announced the first
interoperability validation between its Switchtec PAX advanced
fabric Gen3 PCIe switch and Samsung Electronics' PM1725a
single-root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) drive, enabling
development of SR-IOV-capable NVMe drives with an advanced fabric
switch. This unique collaboration between Microsemi and Samsung
allows storage customers in the data center and enterprise markets
to virtualize end points, optimize performance and reduce
costs.
"Extensive interoperability testing between Samsung and
Microsemi attests to the success of a far-reaching collaboration,
through which we are able to bring to market the first validated
SR-IOV-capable NVMe drives with an advanced fabric switch," said
Pete Hazen, vice president and
business unit manager of data center storage solutions at
Microsemi. "As hyperconverged systems are evolving toward
composable and disaggregated infrastructures, such as rack scale
design, our jointly developed technology solution helps customers
meet the rapidly changing demands for increased resources and the
greater storage capacity associated with next-generation
applications."
The companies' combined storage solution of the Switchtec PCIe
fabric and SR-IOV enabled solid state drives (SSDs) enables system
builders and hyperscale data center operators to dynamically
optimize the storage subsystem to efficiently meet the changing
workloads placed upon them. The collaboration offers low latency
and an exceptionally cost-effective solution to the disaggregation
of computing and storage resources.
"With enterprise and cloud storage requirements evolving
rapidly, we will see many data centers and enterprises optimizing
their storage resources using enhanced solutions and technologies,"
said Jim Elliott, senior corporate
vice president, memory sales and marketing, Samsung Semiconductor,
Inc. "By combining an array of our leading SSD technology with
Microsemi's, we will be able to deliver NVMe drives and system
solutions with higher density and performance for advanced fabric
PCIe switches, allowing customers to virtualize their storage
drives in the same way they have already virtualized server
usage."
In virtualization, the SR-IOV specification allows the isolation
of PCI Express resources for manageability and performance. SR-IOV
offers a variety of virtual functions for most components on a
physical server machine, and allows a number of virtual machines to
share a single PCIe hardware interface. This significantly reduces
time to market and storage costs, and simplifies system
development.
SR-IOV is part of the greater composable/disaggregated market.
According to market research firm IDC's February report titled,
"Composable/Disaggregated Infrastructure (C/DI)—Addressable Market
Opportunity," the total worldwide addressable opportunity for
vendors with C/DI was $34.5 billion
in 2017. The firm expects this opportunity will grow at a compound
annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4 percent to reach $45 billion in 2020. Microsemi's Switchtec PAX
advanced fabric PCIe switch is well-aligned with these growth
trends, so data centers can leverage the device for the development
of next-generation C/DIs.
Additional Features
Microsemi's Switchtec PAX family
includes switches from 24 lanes to 96 lanes, providing:
- Software development kit (SDK) for virtualization of other
SR-IOV endpoints, and for enclosure management
- High port density, with up to 48 ports
- Error containment for surprise-plug and unplug to prevent
system crashes
- Advanced diagnostics and debug features to identify, diagnose
and fix problems
- Separate Refclk Independent SSC (SRIS) for cabled PCIe and
lower cost system designs
Collaboration with Samsung Enabled by Microsemi's Accelerate
Ecosystem
Samsung's collaboration with Microsemi is part of
Microsemi's Accelerate Ecosystem. The ecosystem facilitates
collaboration between Microsemi and leading firms in the
semiconductor integrated circuit (IC), intellectual property (IP),
systems, software, tools and design spaces to integrate, test and
deliver pre-validated designs and system-level solutions for end
customers in Microsemi's key vertical markets—aerospace and
defense, data center, communications and industrial. The Accelerate
Ecosystem is designed to reduce time-to-market for end customers
and time-to-revenue for Microsemi and ecosystem members via
technology alignment, joint marketing and sales acceleration. Learn
more at
https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/partners/4325-accelerate-ecosystem-partners
and https://www.microsemi.com/existing-parts/parts/144096.
Product Availability
Microsemi's Switchtec PAX advanced fabric PCIe switches are
sampling now. For more information, visit
https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/storage-ics/4017-switchtec-pcie-advanced-fabric-switches or
contact sales.support@microsemi.com.
About Microsemi's PCI Express Product Portfolio
Microsemi is a premier supplier of high value-add PCIe products
including the scalable, low power, high-reliability PFX family of
PCIe Gen3 fanout switches, the programmable PSX family of PCIe Gen3
storage switches, the PAX family of PCI Gen 3 advanced fabric
switches and the low power, multi-protocol, adaptive EQNOX™
family of signal conditioners with FlexEQ™ equalization technology
supporting PCIe Gen3 and PCIe Gen2. Microsemi's PCIe family is key
to building low power and high-reliability data center,
communications, defense and industrial servers; workstations;
switches; routers; cellular infrastructure and test equipment. For
more information about Microsemi's PCIe portfolio, visit
https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/storage/4346-pcie-gen3-switches.
About Microsemi's Product Portfolio for Data Center
Microsemi is a premier supplier of innovative semiconductor, board,
system, software and services for enterprise and hyperscale data
centers, enabling high performance, secure, low power and reliable
infrastructure for scalable deployments. Microsemi technologies
drive innovation in applications including storage systems, server
storage, NVMe solutions, Ethernet switching, rack scale
architecture, data center interconnect, board management, network
timing and power subsystems. Building on a track record of
technology leadership, Microsemi's data center infrastructure
portfolio is transforming networks that connect, store and move big
data, while lowering the total cost of ownership of deploying next
generation services.
The portfolio includes high performance NVMe storage
controllers, NVRAM drives, SAS/SATA host bus adapters and RAID
controllers enabling high capacity storage architectures, high
density PCIe switching and firmware for rack scale architectures,
PCIe re-drivers, and Ethernet PHYs for intra-rack connectivity.
Microsemi's product portfolio also includes clock and power
management, IEEE1588 integrated circuits (ICs) and NTP servers for
synchronization across the data center, as well as field
programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and system-on-chip (SoC) FPGAs to
perform secure system management of servers and storage. For more
information, visit
http://www.microsemi.com/applications/data-center.
About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ: MSCC) offers a comprehensive
portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for aerospace &
defense, communications, data center and industrial markets.
Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog
mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power
management products; timing and synchronization devices and precise
time solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice
processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; enterprise
storage and communication solutions, security technologies and
scalable anti-tamper products; Ethernet solutions;
Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design
capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in
Aliso Viejo, California, and has
approximately 4,800 employees globally. Learn more at
www.microsemi.com.
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