LayerWalker Technology, Inc. is a fabless
integrated circuit design company that announced a network storage
system on a chip
A system on a chip or system-on-chip (SoC ; pl. ''SoCs'' ) is an integrated circuit that integrates most or all components of a computer or other electronic system. These components almost always include a central processing unit (CPU), memor ...
(SoC). Their products targeted
digital home
Home automation or domotics is building automation for a home, called a smart home or smart house. A home automation system will monitor and/or control home attributes such as lighting, climate, entertainment systems, and appliances. It ma ...
, small business and consumer electronics markets.
LayerWalker introduced in 2007 the miniSAN product that provided
ATA over Ethernet (AoE) server functions and management capabilities. Client software and drivers for Windows and Linux operating systems were offered.
LayerWalker had offices in
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
. It was founded in 2005 and had a web site through 2012.
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* The ATA-over-Ethernet initiator is part of the mainline Linux kerne
since 2.6.11Kernel Korner - ATA Over Ethernet: Putting Hard Drives on the LAN* {{usurped,
The ATA over Ethernet (AoE) Protocol}
Ben Rockwood: ATA Vs. iSCSI
Computer storage companies
Storage area networks