29 January 2010

PLX Home Networking & Storage SoC With ARM11

PLX Technology, Inc. has unveiled its NAS 7800 system-on-a-chip (SoC) family, its next generation of consumer-friendly network attached storage (NAS) solutions, featuring the flagship NAS 7825, which integrates dual ARM11 processors.

The NAS 7825, integrates dual ARM11 processors, as well as a network co-processor, and is loaded with IO including dual RGMII, dual SATA, dual USB 2.0, and dual PCI Express 1.0 ports. The NAS 7825 solution is designed to support an expanded range of new NAS-related designs and market opportunities, including routers/gateways, DVRs, and set-top boxes. The dual RGMII ports are required in router applications, dual SATA ports to support multiple drives, and the dual PCI Express ports to allow the addition of other peripherals or functions such as Wi-Fi.

Full production of the SoCs is slated for second quarter 2010.