Intel® IOP348 I/O ProcessorWith Intel XScale® microarchitecture

High-performance I/O processor and flexible SAS/SATA I/O controller on a single chip.

With an integrated power-efficient, high-performance Intel XScale® processor, the Intel® IOP348 I/O processor is a storage system-on-a-chip that delivers enterprise-class SAS and IOP RAID with significant flexibility and interoperability. The IOP348 integrates an I/O processor with a SAS/SATA I/O controller, combining RAID and SAS technologies to deliver a new level of storage performance for internal and external storage products. As part of a flexible family of storage products, the IOP348 brings SAS RAID into the mainstream, enabling businesses of all sizes to benefit from its protection, performance, and power-efficiency.

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Product information

• Download Intel® IOP348 I/O processor storage processing product briefFiletype/Size: PDF 209KB
• Download Intel® IOP34x storage processor family brochureFiletype/Size: PDF 210KB
• Download disk interface technology guideFiletype/Size: PDF 140KB
• Download 'Why SAS' brochureFiletype/Size: PDF 298KB

Product highlights

• High-performance RAID system-on-a-chip with an integrated 3 Gb/s SAS/SATA II controller
• Fourth generation Intel XScale® processor with core speeds up to 1200 MHz and 512 KB L2 cache
• 8 port, 3 Gb/s SAS/SATA engine supporting industry standard SSP, STP, SMP, and direct attached SATA
• Hardware RAID 6 acceleration with near RAID 5 performance
• Pin compatibility with Intel® IOP341 I/O processor, Intel® IOP342 I/O processor, Intel® IOC340 I/O Controller, Emulex IOP 504 I/O processor*, Emulex IOP 502M I/O processor*, and Emulex IOC 504 I/O Controller*
• Emulex's Service Level Interface (SLI*) technology providing a driver compatible API
• Multi-ported 400/533 MHz DDR2 memory controller supporting up to 2 GB of 64-bit ECC protected memory
• Three application DMA units with XOR, RAID 6 P+Q, CRC32C
• Dual- or single-interface PCI-X* and PCI-Express* host bus interface options
• Dual 128-bit/400 MHz internal buses, providing over 12 GB/s internal bandwidth