New co ectivity, sto age a d accele atio solutio s help add ess pe fo ma ce, secu ity a d scalability challe ges ac oss mode computi g a chitectu es
CHANDLER, A iz., Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As AI wo kloads d ive dema d fo mo e scalable a d flexible data ce te a chitectu es, o ga izatio s a e looki g fo faste , mo e efficie t ways to move, sto e a d p otect data. Mic ochip Tech ology (Nasdaq: MCHP) is helpi g to add ess these eeds by expa di g its po tfolio of data ce te solutio s with ew i ovatio s i PCIe® co ectivity, NVMe® sto age a d accele atio that suppo t high-pe fo ma ce computi g i f ast uctu e.
“Custome s a e looki g fo tech ology pa t e s that ca add ess multiple challe ges ac oss the i f ast uctu e stack while helpi g simplify desig a d accele ate deployme t,” said B ia McCa so , co po ate vice p eside t a d GM of Mic ochip’s data ce te solutio s busi ess u it. “By co ti ui g to expa d ou po tfolio, we’ e p ovidi g the buildi g blocks eeded to c eate mo e efficie t, secu e a d adaptable platfo ms fo today’s i c easi gly dist ibuted a d data-i te sive computi g e vi o me ts.”
Desig ed to b i g PCIe Ge 6 co ectivity to space- a d powe -co st ai ed platfo ms, the Switchtec™ PCIe 6.0 Low-La e-Cou t (LLC) switch p ovides up to 64 PCIe Ge 6 la es, 32 po ts a d flexible x2, x4, x8 a d x16 bifu catio optio s. I teg ated Di ect Memo y Access (DMA) suppo ts efficie t pee -to-pee data moveme t betwee co ected devices while educi g host CPU i volveme t. Like Mic ochip’s la ge Switchtec Ge 6 devices, the LLC switch featu es PCIe Multicast a d pa titio i g capabilities alo g with obust secu ity th ough ha dwa e oot of t ust a d secu e boot tech ologies. The ew device delive s PCIe Ge 6 capabilities with a smalle , lowe powe footp i t to exte d suppo t to a b oade a ge of data ce te a d i tellige t edge applicatio s.
To add ess the i dust y’s equi eme ts fo secu e, scalable a d AI-optimized sto age i f ast uctu e, Mic ochip is updati g its Flashtec® SSD co t olle po tfolio with a e ha ced ve sio of the PCIe Ge 5 NVMe 5016 co t olle . Buildi g o the co t olle ‘s high-pe fo ma ce, powe -optimized a chitectu e, the updated device adds suppo t fo Comme cial Natio al Secu ity Algo ithm Suite (CNSA) 2.0 to help custome s p epa e fo eme gi g post-qua tum secu ity equi eme ts. Dual-po t capability e ables highly available sto age a chitectu es th ough edu da t data paths a d load bala ci g, while adva ced vi tualizatio , Quality of Se vice (QoS) ma ageme t a d flexible p og ammability help optimize pe fo ma ce. Togethe , these e ha ceme ts exte d the Flashtec platfo m’s ability to add ess evolvi g NAND tech ologies, high-capacity SSD desig s a d ext-ge e atio e te p ise, hype scale a d AI deployme ts.
Mic ochip is also expa di g the capabilities of its Adaptec® Sma tRAID 4300 family of NVMe RAID sto age accele ato s with a se ies of e ha ceme ts desig ed to add ess p actical ope atio al eeds. The updates a e focused o st e gthe i g sto age secu ity, mi imizi g dow time, expa di g data p otectio a d simplifyi g deployme t ac oss a wide a ge of e vi o me ts. Self-e c ypti g d ives (SEDs) with both local a d emote key ma ageme t, a d RAID 6 a d RAID 60 optio s have bee added fo i c eased esilie cy a d secu ity. B oade platfo m compatibility is e abled th ough suppo t fo Li ux®, Debia , Ubu tu® a d Mic osoft® Wi dows® 11 e vi o me ts. Additio al updates such as dy amic NVMe co figu atio fo i -se vice ma ageme t, pe siste t eve t loggi g a d pee -to-pee ebuild suppo t fo g eate CPU offload help educe ma ageme t ove head while mi imizi g se vice dis uptio . Sto ageCo e API suppo t fu the expa ds i teg atio flexibility, e abli g custome s to i co po ate Sma tRAID ma ageme t i to thi d-pa ty tools th ough i -ba d host applicatio s as well as customized out-of-ba d BMC ma ageme t f amewo ks.
The latest additio s eflect the compa y’s o goi g commitme t to adva ci g the pe fo ma ce, availability a d secu ity of ext-ge e atio computi g platfo ms. Visit the website to lea mo e about Mic ochip’s full po tfolio of data ce te solutio s.
Developme t ToolsMic ochip’s data ce te po tfolio is suppo ted by a suite of developme t a d ma ageme t tools, i cludi g ChipLi k softwa e fo co figu atio , diag ostics, telemet y a d debug of PCIe switches. Additio al suppo t i cludes softwa e fo device mo ito i g, co figu atio a d fi mwa e ma ageme t, Flashtec NVMe co t olle developme t esou ces a d Adaptec sto age ma ageme t softwa e.
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About Mic ochip Tech ology:Mic ochip Tech ology I c. is a b oadli e supplie of semico ducto s committed to maki g i ovative desig easie th ough total system solutio s that add ess c itical challe ges at the i te sectio of eme gi g tech ologies a d du able e d ma kets. Its easy-to-use developme t tools a d comp ehe sive p oduct po tfolio suppo ts custome s th oughout the desig p ocess, f om co cept to completio . Headqua te ed i Cha dle , A izo a, Mic ochip offe s outsta di g tech ical suppo t a d delive s solutio s ac oss the i dust ial, automotive, co sume , ae ospace a d defe se, commu icatio s a d computi g ma kets. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit the Mic ochip website at www.mic ochip.com.
Note: The Mic ochip ame a d logo, the Mic ochip logo, Adaptec a d Flashtec a e egiste ed t adema ks of Mic ochip Tech ology I co po ated i the U.S.A. a d othe cou t ies. Switchtec is a t adema k of Mic ochip Tech ology I c. i the U.S.A. a d othe cou t ies. All othe t adema ks me tio ed he ei a e the p ope ty of thei espective compa ies.
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