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INIC-1623

The Initio INIC-1623 provides advanced Host Adapter features in a single 128 pin TQFP package with 2 Serial ATA, 32-bit/66 MHz PCI 2.3 compliant, and Cardbus compliant interfaces. The third memory interface allows access to FLASH and Serial EEPROM devices. The Flash interface provides Read/Write access to the attached BIOS. The Serial EEPROM interface provides Read/Write access to the attached Serial EEPROM for bus configuration information.

Features Summary

PCI 32 bit/66 MHz Interface

  • PCI 2.3 compliant interface

  • Burst transfer rate of 264 Mb/s

  • Built in hardware bus master engine

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ATA Interface​

  • Serial ATA Revision1.0a, Serial ATA II Revision 1.0 (Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0).

  • Serial ATA transfer rate of 1.5 Gb/s.

  • Supports two SATA/eSATA channels.

  • Supports SATA NCQ, TCQ commands
     

Memory Interface​

  • Support for 256K FLASH and Serial E2PROM

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Data FIFO​

  • 256 Byte data FIFO for each channel

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On Board PCI Bus Master Engine

  • On board Bus Master Engine relieve the system processor from book keeping and enhance performance

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Uses Initio・s Proprietary Host Adapter Mode of Operation​

  • Initio Proprietary AutoDMA mode (IDMA)

  • Queued/Overlapping ATA Commands Support

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Other Features​

  • Disk RAID 0/1 support (only for inic-1622TA2/1623TA2).

  • SATA hot plug/unplug hardware support

  • Implements Power Management

  • Full driver support for all Major Operating Systems

  • BIOS supports for DOS, Windows and MAC OS(only for inic-1623TA2) applications without driver involvement.

  • Supports Plug and Play allowing users to change configurations without the use of jumpers

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