PMC leads SAS transition shipping over 74 million 6Gb/s SAS system ports

SUNNYVALE, USA: PMC-Sierra Inc., the network semiconductor innovator, today announced that the company has shipped more than 74 million 6Gb/s SAS system ports, establishing PMC as the leading provider of 6Gb/s SAS technology.

Unprecedented demand for storage capacity and performance is fueling wide-spread deployment of 6Gb/s SAS 2.5” Small-Form-Factor Hard Disk Drives in both server and networked storage systems. PMC’s end-to-end 6Gb/s SAS chipset solution, including Tachyon SPC protocol controllers, SRCv RAID-on-Chip controllers, and the maxSAS family of expanders, is enabling the world’s leading storage and server OEMs to rapidly transition from 3Gb/s SAS to 6Gb/s SAS with industry-leading performance, scalability and power efficiency.

“PMC was the first to achieve volume production of a 6Gb/s SAS chipset in 2009, and our technology innovation continues to accelerate SAS adoption,” said Travis Karr, vice president and general manager of PMC’s Enterprise Storage Division. “This milestone of shipping over 74 million 6Gb/s SAS system ports is substantially more than our nearest competitor, demonstrating PMC’s leadership in the SAS-2 build out.”