PLX controller bridges SATA with serial interfaces
PLX Technology
OXUFS946DSE dual-storage controller
PLX Technology has announced the OXUFS946DSE, a dual-storage controller that bridges two SATA hard disks with eSATA, FireWire800 or USB2.0 serial interfaces.
The dual-port RAID controller solution also offers on-the-fly encryption/decryption to protect data.
It is a quad-interface-to-dual-SATA storage controller with integrated hardware RAID and encryption engines.
Bridging between eSATA, 1394 or USB 2.0 interfaces, the OXUFS946DSE enables a range of external secure storage applications, including dual-disk RAID configurations.
By integrating an eSATA device, 1394b link, USB 2.0 device and dual-port SATA II host controller, the OXUFS946DSE allows designers to create products with a minimal number of external components and a low BOM cost.
A high-throughput cipher engine provides real-time encryption and decryption capabilities to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in the hardware, reducing unnecessary loads on the host platform.
The solution has flexible encryption capabilities that ensure data protection against theft or loss of personal storage devices.
It is complemented by PLX security solutions, including a host application to define and manage user authentication and the mounting/unmounting of the external drive.
The OXUFS946DSE supports a number of power saving modes, including SATA Interface Power Management (IPM), which allows additional power saving when connected to hard-disk drives that also support IPM.
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