Expanded market opportunities for cloud data centers

Microsemi Corporation has announced interoperability between its 12Gbps SAS/SATA HBAs and RAID adapters, including the Microsemi Adaptec HBA 1100, SmartHBA 2100 and SmartRAID 3100, part of its Smart Storage adapters portfolio, and AMD’s EPYC processor series. Data center customers wanting a storage adapter solution for EPYC processor deployments can now employ Microsemi’s full suite of Smart Storage solutions with confidence as a completely compatible end-to-end solution. “As AMD-based processors are increasingly being considered for next-generation server deployments in cloud data centers, extensive interoperability testing between our companies has shown our feature-rich high performance Smart Storage adapters to be a powerful storage solution when paired with AMD’s EPYC processors,” said Pete Hazen, vice president and general manager of storage solutions at Microsemi. “We are pleased to work closely with a well-respected industry leader, as this collaboration provides data center customers with the confidence to make Microsemi their first call when looking to adopt AMD’s unique EPYC processors.”