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Hard Disk Drive ICs

ST's advanced low power CMOS technologies and design knowhow enable disk drives to be used in battery-powered portable equipment where consumption is critical.

Ultra low power design also allows new multimedia functions to be embedded in disk drives, supporting new consumer applications.

Ultra compact and low consumption solutions address mobile multimedia applications
Know-how in telecom, consumer and computer fields gives advantage in designing convergence chipsets
Broad range of multimedia and connectivity IPs to be embedded in disk drives for consumer use.
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Serial ATA
ST's SATA310 is a macro cell that performs the high-speed serialization and deserialization function to comply with the industry standard serial ATA specification and to support SATAII speed requirements.
SATA310 IP

MIPHY
ST's Multi-Interface Physical (MIPHY) layer interface macro-cell is designed to be integrated with other functions into system-on-chip devices primarily for use in disk drives. MIPHY is fully compliant with SATA revision 2.5 specification.
MIPHY IP

Read/Write Channels

A new read-write channel technology, called Tintoretto, achieves speeds up to 1.4-Gbit/s while maintaining the power dissipation below 1.5W in Read mode at maximum speed. Tintoretto technology can be fabricated in 130nm CMOS technology with improved SNR performances for next-generation hard disk drives that will support capacities in excess of 120-Gbyte/platter and rotation speeds up to 10,000rpm. read press announcement.

Super10 Microcontroller
Designed to offer process portability and maximum integration flexibility, the enhanced Super10 IP provides a set of features specially tailored for Hard Disk Drives (HDD) market.

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SATA310 (55K PDF)

 
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