This product is a single-chip, one-lane PCI Express to two internal ports Serial-ATA (SATA) II host controller that brings server-class features to the desktop. It's equiped with a Silicon Image SiI3132 chipset supporting all Serial ATA II features, including 3.0 Gbps SATA II transfer speeds, Native Command Queuing (NCQ), port multipliers with FIS-based switching, programmable output signal swing strengths for longer external cables or extended backplanes, hot plugging, enclosure management and ATAPI device support.  Fully compliant with one-lane 2.5Gb/s PCI Express specification Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0 Gbps Supports two independent Serial ATA channels Supports hot plug for extend Serial ATA port Supports RAID 0 (Striping) and RAID 1 (Mirroring) Supports Serial ATA II Port-Multiplier specifications Low-profile design for flexible application | Interface | One-lane PCI Express | | Type | Serial ATA Generation 2 | | Chipset | Silicon Images Sil3132 | | Mode | RAID 0 (Striping) and RAID 1 (Mirroring) | | Port | 2 external Serial ATA II Ports | | Independent Link, transport, and data FIFO | | Independent command fetch, svatter/gather, and command exevution Hard coded state machines - no code space or download | | Supports Lagacy Command Queuing(LCQ) | | Supports Native Command Queuing(NCQ) | | Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ | | Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ | | Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multipliers | | OS Support | Windows 2000/ XP/ 2003/ Vista/ 7, Linux |
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