SII0680 Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) Silicon image – SteelVine™ Host Controller

Product Brief
SteelVine^™ Host Controller
Ultra ATA/133 PCI-to-ATA Host Controller
Silicon Image’s SiI0680 is a standalone Ultra ATA/133 host controller designed to accom-
modate the transfer of large amounts of content-rich data common in today’s multimedia
applications. The SiI0680 provides OEMs with a fast, new interface incorporating the latest
advancements in hard disk technology. Based on the Ultra ATA/133 interface specifica-
tion, the SiI0680 supports a 133 MB/s burst transfer rate and features 48-bit sector
addressing, thereby enabling the utilization of drives with capacities greater than 137 GB.
The SiI0680 is a single-chip solution for designs
based on chipsets without an integrated ATA host
controller, or those requiring a greater number of
ATA channels to accommodate the growing num-
ber of storage peripherals with an ATA interface.
By simply adding a card with the SiI0680 and
loading the accompanying driver, any system with
a PCI bus interface may upgrade to the Ultra
ATA/133 interface.
The SiI0680 enables PC manufacturers to support
as many as four drives and incorporate the newest
drive standards—all at a lower cost. With the
SiI0680, other manufacturers, such as mother-
board, add-in card and embedded application
companies, can incorporate a cost-effective, hard
disk drive solution without sacrificing perform-
ance or flexibility.
For enhanced performance, the SiI0680 can be
packaged with Silicon Image’s robust Medley™
ATA software RAID, which optimizes throughput
and data redundancy. Supporting RAID sets of up
to four hard disk drives, Medley enables RAID 0
Striping, RAID 1 Mirroring and RAID 0+1
Mirrored Striping.
SiI0680 System Diagram
SiI 0680
Applications
• PC motherboards
• PC add-in card
• Embedded storage
applications
Key Features
• Supports ATA/133
• Provides 48-bit
addressing
• Supports external
flash
• Includes Windows
OS drivers