LayerWalker

Infobox_Company | company_name = LayerWalker Technology, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2005
location = Taipei, Taiwan
key_people = CEO: Adrian Wang
industry = ASIC Design
products = AoE and NAS SoCs| homepage = [http://www.layerwalker.com/ www.layerwalker.com]

[http://www.layerwalker.com LayerWalker Technology, Inc.] is a fabless design company that specializes in network storage SoC solutions. Their products target digital home, small business and consumer electronics markets. Prime applications include high-speed network storage, media systems, internet download station and gateway router integration.

LayerWalker introduced in 2007 the [http://www.layerwalker.com/download/miniSAN-brief-1.0.pdf miniSAN] product family that provides standard AoE (ATA-over-Ethernet) server functions with advanced management capabilities. Client software and drivers for Windows and Linux operating systems are also included as part of the package offering.

LayerWalker currently has offices in Taipei and Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Related

* The ATA-over-Ethernet initiator is part of the mainline Linux kernel [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git;a=commit;h=3db119285eae7b420bdccf379f0e06b0c1166c2b since 2.6.11]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8149 Kernel Korner - ATA Over Ethernet: Putting Hard Drives on the LAN]
* [http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2069/2307/ The ATA over Ethernet (AoE) Protocol]
* [http://www.cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=469 Ben Rockwood: ATA Vs. iSCSI ]