NAS 7820/1, Next Generation Media Networked Storage Solution

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Key Benefits

Unique Trident architecture including

dual-core ARM 11 MP each core running

at 750 MHz, application specific hardware

engines for networking, storage, and

security, and highly structured firmware

for the highest performance at the lowest

system cost

Highly optimized for consumer

applications such as streaming multiple

HD videos, music, and photos with high

quality-of-service (QoS), content

protection, fast back-up, remote access,

trans-coding, and much more

Security engine for encryption with

hashing functionality for enhanced

security

Booting from HDD without Flash for the

lower BOM cost (support of Flash is

optional)

Integrated 1/2 SATA3G/s ports with

RAID0, RAID1, and JBOD support in

hardware

Rich set of interfaces: dual USB2.0,

UART, JTAG, PCIe, and RGMII

Supported file system: SMB, XFS, EXT3,

and NTFS (Read)

Support of many third party application

partners for media serving, remote

access, back-up, and media content

management

The Evolution of the Consumer Market

The digital lifesytle is going through major changes.

More and more people are self-creating, purchasing

and downloading digital contant (videos, photos, and

music) than at any time before. This explosion of

digital content demands a fresh approach to

consumer content storage, security, and management.

We are now witnessing the third wave of the

consumer digital revolution. The first wave was the

introduction of the internet into the homes. The

second wave was the mainstream adoption of

handheld mobile devices such as smart phones and

MP3 players. The third wave is the demand of

consumers to access their content from anywhere,

anytime, and from any device securely and reliably.

This requires a fresh thinking into consumer content

storage.

This emerging environment presents new

challenges/opportunities to system designers, as these

new consumer devices now must evolve from a one-

dimensional model of a single user/application to a

sophisticated, multi-client model running

simultaneous applications.

Long gone are the times that the conventional

“cranking up” of the processor clock could effectively

meet the new requirements and cost structure of the

consumer storage market. There are two orthogonal

requirements: on one hand these new SoCs should

provide high performance in a multi-application and

multi-user environment. At the same time, meet the

cost sensitive requirements of the consumer market.

This requires a new architectural approach.