Title :
SSA: a high-performance serial interface for unparalleled connectivity
Author_Institution :
Adaptec Inc., Milpitas, CA, USA
Abstract :
Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) is a new I/O interconnect which provides high levels of connectivity availability, performance and fault tolerance-all implemented with cost effective serial technology. The currently available dual port devices allow construction of simple loops with up to 128 nodes, and aggregate bandwidth of up to 80 MBytes per second. Future availability of switches and higher speed links will support thousands of nodes and much higher aggregate data rates.
Keywords :
fault tolerant computing; multiprocessor interconnection networks; performance evaluation; reliability; system buses; SSA; Serial Storage Architecture; connectivity availability; dual port devices; fault tolerance; high-performance serial interface; performance; Aggregates; Availability; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Costs; Encoding; Fault tolerance; Hardware; Protocols; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon '96. 'Technologies for the Information Superhighway' Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7414-8
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1996.501782
