PMC-Sierra reaches four million shipment milestone
The chipset has garnered multiple design wins at four out of the top five global enterprise storage system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and is enabling the rapid Fortune 500 market adoption of high-performance end-to-end 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel storage systems.
"This significant milestone demonstrates that the end-to-end 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel storage system market is accelerating with PMC-Sierra at the forefront," said Mark Stibitz, vice president and general manager of PMC-Sierra's Enterprise Storage Division. "We're excited to help enable the 4Gbit/s storage system market and expect continued acceleration of 4Gbit/s systems across the IT enterprise landscape."
"Seagate's Cheetah 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel hard drives are being delivered in volume worldwide and are generating interest among storage system OEMs," said Sherman Black, senior vice president and general manager of Seagate's Enterprise Compute Business. "The high performance, scalability, and reliability of the latest 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel offerings deliver the storage needs required of IT users, who stand to greatly benefit having end-to-end 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel connectivity."
