Proximity Data’s designs are highly innovative and high-value implementations of established and proven technologies.  In particular, the following technology elements from leading vendors, including Intel and Vitesse Semiconductor, are incorporated into the company’s designs:

• Intel®31244 Controller
  http://www.intel.com/design/storage/serialata/gd31244.htm

• Vitesse Semiconductor VSC7174 HBA
  http://www.vitesse.com/products/documents/level1/VSC7174_PB_v1.pdf

• Vitesse Semiconductor VSC7175 Serial ATA 2:1 Fail-over Switch
  http://www.vitesse.com/products/documents/level1/VSC7175_PB.pdf

Proximity Data ‘s current original technology designs include:

• 4-Port SATA High Performance Host Bus Adapter
• Host Bus Adapter with External Interconnect
• Dispersed or Integrated SATA Link Multiplier Board
• Host Bus Adapter Integrated-Process Control
• High Density Storage Enclosure
• Managed Storage Enclosure (under development)
• Network Storage Solution (under development)
  

Additionally, Proximity Data collaborates with software technology partners to offer complete storage solutions, as demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum (September 16-18, 2003), where the company presented its “Serial ATA Storage Building Blocks” concept solution. This solution offers customers the first of a kind, modular, scalable, easily configurable, highly economical storage system.  Proximity Data’s platform allows customers to configure a system for on-line storage, near-line storage, backup and archiving integrated, as needed, into a single enclosure through aggregation of modular components. The solution, jointly presented by Proximity Data and Vitesse Semiconductor at IDF, demonstrated the application of Serial ATA technology in virtualized networked storage using Softeor software and transported via iSCSI protocol.
 
Visit Intel’s web pages related to Serial ATA technology at:
http://developer.intel.com/technology/serialata/