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INIC™-1430
F E A T U R E S
•Provides an ideal interconnect for multimedia applications
•Allows the development of true plug-and- play solutions
•Supports UDMA 100 for high speed data transfers
•Ideal for 1394 RAID configurations
•Integrated microprocessor
“Applications that benefit from IEEE 1394 include nonlinear (digital) video presentation and editing, desktop and commercial publishing, document imaging, home multimedia, and personal computing. The low overhead, high data rates of 1394, the ability to mix real-time and asynchronous data on a single connection, and the ability to mix low speed and high speed devices on the same network provides a truly universal connection for almost any consumer, computer, or peripheral application.”
The Initio INIC-1430 is a third generation UDMA 100 ATA-to-1394a bridge controller that provides a solution to connect ATAPI or ATA devices to IEEE-1394a-2000 interfaces. It is designed to accelerate the time-to-market for 1394 capable peripheral devices by integrating an already proven 1394a-2000 core and microprocessor with the necessary IDE interface into a single ASIC. The SBP-2 (Serial Bus Protocol) compliant firmware is stored in an external ROM (Flash). Supporting data transfers of up to 400 Mb/sec., the INIC-1430 IDE interface supports Ultra DMA (100/66/33) modes making it feasible to be used in many 1394 applications.
The INIC-1430, in conjunction with an external PHY provides a cost effective solution to attach ATA/ATAPI devices such as HDD's and CD/DVD devices to the 1394 bus. The firmware extracts ATA, MMC-2/3 and RBC command sets from the SBP-2 transport layer and passes them to the ATA devices. The multiple transmit and receive FIFOs of the DMA channels allow the INIC-1430 to handle transfers of asynchronous data .
Expandable, easy-to-use and cost-effective, the INIC-1430 gives customers the ability
to meet the challenges of developing markets in new and exciting ways. INIC-1430
