LSI Delivers Industry's First 40nm Read Channel to Hard Disk Drive Manufacturers
June 23 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
New low-density parity check (LDPC) iterative decoding enables 10
percent increase in capacity of hard drives and reduces read
channel power consumption MILPITAS, Calif., June 23
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today
announced the TrueStore(R) RC9500, the industry's first
40-nanometer (nm) read channel. Now sampling to hard disk drive
(HDD) manufacturers, the RC9500 is designed to support notebook
through enterprise HDD form factors and capacity points. The
RC9500's next-generation low-density parity check (LDPC) iterative
decoding technology enables a greater than 10 percent increase in
the data storage capacity of HDDs, reduces read channel power
consumption and delivers industry-leading performance with data
rates exceeding 4.0Gb/s. "HDD read channel technology is critically
important in a disk drive," said John Rydning, IDC's HDD research
director. "Improved read channels made by companies like LSI enable
higher capacity disk drives that consume less power. The new
LSI(TM) read channel, based on 40nm semiconductor process
technology and using LDPC iterative decoding technology, will
enable HDD OEMs to reach next-generation HDD capacity points." The
RC9500's next-generation LDPC iterative decoding technology
delivers significant improvements in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR),
increasing the areal density of stored data. As a result, HDD
manufacturers can eliminate the need to implement other costly
design changes required to reach the next capacity point. The
RC9500 also includes features which are designed to reduce firmware
complexity, increase drive yields and lower development costs for
HDD makers. The RC9500 offers energy savings enabled by 40nm
process technology and innovative design techniques that provide
ultra-low current consumption in sleep mode, which is critical to
extending battery life in the notebook market segment. In addition,
the lower active power consumption can reduce temperatures,
improving drive reliability for desktop and digital video recorder
applications, and can translate to significant energy cost savings
in data center environments. "The TrueStore RC9500 is built on a
revolutionary new architecture and is part of a total recording
system design that includes the LSI preamplifier, customer
interconnects, heads and media as part of the complete data path
solution," said Phil Brace, senior vice president and general
manager, Storage Peripherals Division, LSI. "No other company can
offer the breadth of high-performance storage IC products and
systems that LSI delivers." Designed for hard disk and tape drive
applications, the LSI TrueStore family of ICs include highly
integrated high-performance storage SoCs, read channels,
preamplifiers, serial PHYs and hard disk drive controller IP. By
offering a broad portfolio of integrated SoC solutions, LSI enables
its customers to address all segments of the HDD market - from
mission-critical enterprise applications and high-capacity desktop
PCs to low-power laptops and a variety of consumer electronic
devices. About LSI LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) is a leading provider
of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that
enable products which seamlessly bring people, information and
digital content together. The company offers a broad portfolio of
capabilities and services including custom and standard product
ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's
best known brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and
Networking markets. More information is available at
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