HighPoint has unveiled the business’s first 8-Channel PCIe Gen5 x16 NVMe Swap and NVMe RAID product strains.
Powered by Broadcom’s PEX89048 IC, these are designed to cater to high-demand, data-intensive purposes and combine Broadcom’s Gen5 PCIe switching expertise to make the most of x16 lanes of Gen5 host bandwidth, direct from the CPU, throughout Intel and AMD platforms.
HighPoint says this distinctive structure permits every AIC/Adapter to maximise switch efficiency for as much as 8 unbiased gadget channels, and help as many as 32 NVMe units by way of backplane connectivity.
Artificial Hierarchy
The Rocket 1600 sequence NVMe Swap makes use of native inbox drivers, which means {that a} 2PB resolution is feasible utilizing Solidigm 61.44TB SSDs, offering they already work with the system in query.
HighPoint’s PCIe Gen5 NVMe AICs high-performance switching structure integrates Broadcom’s 48-Channel PEX89048 swap IC to supply x16 lanes of devoted PCIe Gen5 upstream bandwidth, guaranteeing x4 lanes of downstream bandwidth can be found for every NVMe gadget channel. HighPoint says “The progressive {hardware} structure permits our Gen5 NVMe product sequence to ship as much as 64GB/s of switch bandwidth, reduce latency, facilitate constant, strong I/O throughput.”
The PCIe Gen5 and Gen4 Switching Structure employs a way referred to as a “Artificial Hierarchy” to isolate the host system’s working system from any PCIe bodily adjustments. It permits the AIC/Adapter to immediately handle useful resource allocation to the downstream PCIe channels and supply true hot-swap /hot-plug functionality.
The NVMe Swap Sequence consists of the Rocket 1628A, which is a PCIe Gen5 x16 to 4-MCIOx8 NVMe swap adapter, the Rocket 1608A, a PCIe Gen5 x16 to 8-M.2×4 NVMe swap AIC, and the Rocket 1528D, a PCIe Gen4 x16 to 4-SlimSASx8 NVMe swap adapter.
HighPoint’s RocketRAID 7600 PCIe Gen5 NVMe RAID AICs and Adapters are constructed on the muse of the Rocket 1600 Swap sequence, and supply RAID capabilities utilizing HighPoint’s drivers, that are appropriate with certified NVMe drives from the corporate’s ecosystem companions. The Rocket 7600 Sequence AICs/Adapters can immediately help as much as eight M.2 or U.2/U.3/E3.S NVMe SSDs.
The NVMe RAID Sequence contains the Rocket 7628A, a PCIe Gen5 x16 to 4-MCIOx8 NVMe RAID adapter, the Rocket 7608A which is a PCIe Gen5 x16 to 8-M.2×4 NVMe RAID AIC, and the Rocket 7528D, a PCIe Gen4 x16 to 4-SlimSASx8 NVMe RAID adapter.
HighPoint says its PCIe Gen5 NVMe AICs will start delivery globally in Q3 2024.
