Ultra Portable Storage from Marvell and Seagate

Your cell phone can only hold so much data - certainly not enough for memory intensive media applications. Why not make that memory external ? Marvell, whose business is storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions, and Seagate Technology have done just that, collaborating on a storage platform engineered for rich mobile multimedia, and featuring an integrated wireless solution from Marvell. The Seagate Digital Audio Video Experience (DAVE) storage platform assists consumers’ access to hours of rich multimedia content wirelessly. DAVE features the Marvell PXA310 applications processor and Marvell’s 88W8686 WLAN technology. The DAVE platform will provide a wide range of secure, wireless storage capacities in a small form factor that can be slipped into a pocket or bag. This software/hardware platform, built with Marvell wireless communications technology and Seagate’s hard disc drive technology and Storage Management Module software, is said to be a flexible option for storage in consumer electronics devices and mobile phones.

Marvell and Seagate are working closely to create an open development environment to allow device connectivity. The combination of the Marvell PXA310 and 88W8686 enables content to be controlled and viewed by a Wi-Fi-enabled mobile phone. By offering high-capacity storage that can be accessed wirelessly, Seagate’s DAVE platform provides substantial capacity for personal media files without impacting the cellphone’s design, cost or performance. DAVE technology also safeguards files from being accidentally lost during the cellphone upgrade process.