QLogic picks AMCC's storage processor

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. announced that QLogic Corp. has selected AMCC's PowerPC 440SP storage processor for QLogic's new SANbox 6140 Intelligent Storage Routers.

The SANbox 6140 provides low-cost storage area network (SAN) connectivity services for the entire enterprise with performance to support up to 512 servers and wizard-based configuration.

The PowerPC 440SP storage processor enables the new storage routers to deliver performance and flexibility for SAN connectivity by routing standard Ethernet, via iSCSI, to a Fibre Channel controller for simultaneous storage access from Fibre Channel and Ethernet-based networks. The processor features multiple PCI-X version 2.0 interfaces, on-chip double data rate (DDR I/DDR II) SDRAM controller, a high-bandwidth internal crossbar bus structure and an optional RAID acceleration engine.