Serial ATA Host Controller Software Solutions

The Marvell family of Serial ATA Host Controllers couple high performance with industry leading Serial ATA physical layer (PHY) technology.  These devices are compatible with legacy ATA modes of operation as well as offering increased system performance using our innovative Enhanced Direct Memory Access (EDMA) technology to reduce host CPU overhead.  Marvell Host Controller devices come with optimized device drivers and a software Application Programming Interface (API) that enable developers to achieve maximum performance in industry-standard software environments such as Microsoft Windows and Red Hat™ Linux.

KEY FEATURES

The Marvell Serial ATA Host Controller device drivers and software API are developed for portability while targeting maximux system performance across operating system platforms. Key software features include:

• Operating System (OS) independent core drivers coupled with OS specific software layers
• Legacy ATA Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) mode support
• High-performance EDMA mode support
• Interrupt coalescing to reduce CPU overhead
• SCSI-like programming interface to allow rapid porting of SCSI application software