I just flashed my Koutech a few days ago to the newest BIOS. The Syba has a much bigger rectangular chip which may be EPROM, which is not flashable without external hardware.
Thanks to fraeone:
Silicon Image (the company that makes the chipset) IS a name brand, their chips are in tons of products.
Here's a roundup comparing this chipset to the Promise & the Highpoint. Suprisingly enough, they pick the Sil680 in the conclusion...
Koutech I/O Future PIR133 Ultra ATA/133 RAID PCI Card
Here's the specs:
# Ultra DMA (ATA) 133MB/sec data transfer rate
# Two independent Ultra ATA/133 channels
# Supports up to four (4) IDE devices
# Supports RAID function (RAID 0, 1, 0+1)
# ATA clock independent from PCI bus
# 256 Byte FIFO...
Here's the specs:
# Ultra DMA (ATA) 133MB/sec data transfer rate
# Two independent Ultra ATA/133 channels
# Supports up to four (4) IDE devices
# Supports RAID function (RAID 0, 1, 0+1)
# ATA clock independent from PCI bus
# 256 Byte FIFO per ATA channel
# Large FIFO independent
# Supports...
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