QLogic introduces the first line of PCI-to-Ultra SCSI host adapter cards; QLogic's Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra host adapter cards double traditional SCSI data transfer rates to 40MB sec, the fastest, most-effective I O throughput available for narrow and wide SCSI busses.COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1995--QLogic COrp. Monday introduced the industry's first PCI-to-SCSI host adapter cards to fully support the next generation Ultra SCSI standard. This new standard doubles traditional data transfer rates. QLogic's Fast!SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Ultra products are the first to deliver an unprecedented 40MB/sec SCSI data transfer rate with direct connection to the popular Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) bus. "Off-disk data rates on future generation hard disk drives will soon exceed 20MB/sec," said Mel Gable, QLogic president and chief executive officer. "This is greater than the maximum speed of current generation Fast SCSI host adapters. Installing our new high performance Ultra SCSI host adapter cards will allow users to double the SCSI transfer rate when Ultra SCSI drives become available during 1995. The cards allow Ultra SCSI and conventional Fast SCSI peripherals to be mixed on the same SCSI cable, thus saving the user the expense of replacing existing SCSI peripherals." The Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra Family includes a full line of host adapter cards in narrow, wide and wide differential versions: o Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra allows a narrow SCSI bus (8-bit wide) to support 20 MB/sec data transfer rates and delivers cost-effective I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output RISC processor performance to workstations and small network servers; o Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra-W brings both Fast (20 MB/sec) and Wide (40 MB/sec) connectivity to high performance SCSI bus application such as servers and workstations while providing I/O RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. processor performance to manage I/O queuing capability; and o Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra-W/D is the family's differential version that supports cable lengths up to 25 meters for differential SCSI products at a 40 MB/sec data transfer rate. Meeting the Needs of Next Generation Peripherals QLogic's next generation cards feature the enhanced throughput capabilities defined by the Ultra SCSI standard. These capabilities meet the needs of increasingly sophisticated PC environments that now require one gigabyte and higher hard disk drive capacity, multimedia support and massively increased CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. power. Unlike alternative solutions for improved performance such as serial SCSI, QLogic's Ultra SCSI cards successfully provide direct communication both with today's PC peripherals and emerging very high-performance hard disk drives. "Our Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra host adapter cards can deliver three times the maximum I/O throughput available with Enhanced IDE solutions and use a tried and true interface that is already installed in 15-20% of PCs worldwide," explained Gable. "By supporting real-time video capture data rates and up to 1100 concurrent I/Os, the cards will allow new multi-tasking operating systems to finally execute their goal of bringing high-quality multimedia to the average PC user. We expect our new cards to be quickly adapted in such speed-intensive applications as video-on-demand, video and audio broadcast editing as well as environments that require RAID subsystems." Enhanced Server Oriented Technology Because the emerging transaction-intensive server environments differ substantially from those encountered in desktop systems, the Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra host adapter cards feature an intelligent bus master design developed specifically for the I/O intensive server environment. Use of QLogic's widely accepted dual processor, single chip ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. 10000 architecture provides an on-chip 12 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. I/O RISC processor that executes operations at the I/O control-block level from host memory, requiring no CPU intervention to execute SCSI operations from start to finish -- even in heavily loaded multi-threaded operating environments. This ensures that the SCSI I/O processing doesn't bottleneck system performance. Installation and Drivers Supported Supporting the entire range of SCSI devices including hard disk drives, removable disk drives, CD-ROM drives, tape drives and scanners, the Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra host adapter cards are remarkably easy to install. They require no jumper settings and feature automatic configuration software and comprehensive documentation. All of the Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra host adapter cards come with drivers for DOS/Windows (including WinASPI and FastDisk VxD drivers), Windows NT, OS/2, Windows 95, SCO UNIX and Novell NetWare, thereby ensuring comprehensive software support. In addition, a copy of CorelSCSI VERSION 2 with NetWare support comes bundled with the products. Pricing and Availability Samples of the entire line of QLogic Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra host adapter cards will be available in early June 1995, with production quantities to begin shipping in July 1995. Suggested retail pricing for the Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra is $395, the Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra-W is priced at $445 and the Fast!SCSI PCI Ultra-W/D is $565. QLogic offers customers free support including a toll-free customer support telephone line, a 24-hour electronic bulletin board and a five-year warranty. QLogic Introduces First Ultra SCSI Host Adapter Cards QLogic also manufactures a complete line of SCSI host adapter The controlling electronics for SCSI contained on a printed circuit board that plugs into the computer's motherboard. A SCSI host adapter is often called a "SCSI controller." See SCSI. cards for other industry standard buses including ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. , VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association, Milpitas, CA, www.vesa.org) A membership organization founded in 1989 that sets interface standards for the PC, workstation and computing environments. Note the following VESA standards following this entry. Local, PC Card (formerly PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. ) and EISA (Extended ISA) Pronounced "ee-suh." A PC bus standard that extends the 16-bit ISA bus (AT bus) to 32 bits and provides bus mastering. ISA cards can plug into an EISA slot. . In addition to making its card products available through a worldwide distributor and reseller network, QLogic sells both card and chip products to an international base of PC and workstation OEMs and peripheral manufacturers. QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :QLGC), with headquarters in Costa Mesa, is a pioneer and market leader of high performance I/O technology that facilitates faster, more efficient data transfer between computers and peripherals. The company has shipped more than 23 million SCSI solutions to the peripheral OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , computer OEM and distribution markets. For additional information, contact QLogic Corp. -- 3545 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, Calif. 92636; Telephone: 714/438-2200 or 800/TOP-SCSI (800/867-7274). -0- Note to editors: o All trademarks are properties of their respective owners. o Color art is available upon request. CONTACT: QLogic Corporation, Costa Mesa Irene Santoyo, 714/668-5359 OR The Benjamin Group, Irvine, Calif. Elizabeth Deans/Karen Allen, 714/753-0755 |
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