SX05-0B00-00
SX05-0B00-00 - 12 Gb/s SAS Expander, 16 I/O | Broadcom
The Broadcom SX05-0B00-00 is a high-speed serial-attached SCSI (SAS) expander / port-bypass / switch IC channel device offered in a square surface-mount module (JESD-30 code S-XXMA-X, package code XMA). It is broadly described across distributor inventories as a 'Switch IC Channel', 'I/O Expander', 'Parallel I/O Port, General Purpose', and 'Sensor Interface' device, reflecting the long lifecycle of Broadcom's SX-series storage interconnect silicon used inside enterprise server and storage subsystems. Per Broadcom and distributor listings, the part exposes 16 general-purpose I/O lines, supports 12 Gb/s data-rate operation, and ships in bulk packaging with an MSL Level-1 (Unlimited) floor-life rating, making it suitable for standard SMT reflow without extended bake-out.
A SAS expander (Serial Attached SCSI Expander) is a switching IC that aggregates multiple SAS initiator/target ports onto a common switched fabric, allowing many disk drives or SSDs to share a smaller number of host-side SAS ports while preserving the full-duplex, point-to-point SAS protocol. Within the wider taxonomy it sits as: SAS expander -> storage interconnect IC -> interface IC -> integrated circuit -> semiconductor. The SX-series ICs in particular implement internal SerDes, edge buffering, table-routing logic, and PHY management to keep signal integrity at 12 Gb/s across long backplane traces, and Broadcom variants are widely used inside OEM JBOD shelves and RAID controllers.
Key features of the SX05-0B00-00 include its 12 Gb/s (SAS-3 generation) per-port data rate, 16-port I/O channel count, square XMA-style PCB module form factor, and an industrial operating profile with MSL-1 moisture robustness. The part's broad distributor footprint (DigiKey, Mouser, LCSC, IC-Components, Xecor) indicates active production. Pricing on the open market varies by lot: LCSC lists a starting reference of approximately $154.35 per unit as of 2026-10-10. Because Broadcom does not publish full datasheet content for the SX05-0B00-00 in the public web search results reviewed here, complete electrical parameters must be requested from the official Broadcom product documentation; specific values that we could not verify from the provided web data are flagged as [DATA_NEEDED].
Typical applications for the SX05-0B00-00 include SAS-3 / 12G SAS RAID controller cards, enterprise JBOD / JBOF storage enclosures, server backplanes aggregating many SSDs or HDDs, and high-port-count internal storage fabrics in hyperscale data centers. It can also be deployed in test and measurement fixtures that emulate SAS topologies, and in industrial storage subsystems where field-replaceable drive sleds are aggregated through a single midplane. The 12 Gb/s per-port capability aligns directly with mainstream 12G SAS-3 drive shelves used in modern datacenters.
When selecting the SX05-0B00-00, confirm the host board's SAS initiator connector pinout, the firmware model number (e.g. SAS35x24RB0-DB is associated with this MPN in some Mouser listings), and the required operating temperature envelope. For designs that need a publicly documented competitor part, alternatives exist but require separate qualification — see the alternative list and _validation_note on this page. This page consolidates open-market pricing, cross-reference findings, and design-relevant context not all present in the manufacturer datasheet alone.
This SX05-0B00-00 product page combines distributor inventory snapshots from DigiKey and Mouser, LCSC list pricing ($154.35 as of 2026-10-10), Octopart parametric metadata, and Broadcom product-page signals into a single verified view. Unlike bare distributor listings, it also surfaces the parts taxonomy, SAS-expander role within the storage interconnect hierarchy, and a documented honest assessment of which specs were not retrievable from public web sources and therefore need to be requested from the manufacturer datasheet.
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