LSI9266 4i and 8i are coming soon

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I wonder why they aren't using their 2308 controller?

the LSI SAS2308 is their HBA controller.
The only LSI card with the SAS2308 is the LSI9205-8e, which in reality is a LSI9200-8e with a dual core processor.

The SAS2308 is now becoming reality on serverboards as replacements for the SAS2008 SAS controllers built onto the motherboard.
ASRock Extreme11 and Tyan S7053 series boards have it build in.
Lets hope they enable the abilty for the SAS2308 to use PCIe 3.0

Now will LSI make a replacement LSI9240 with the SAS2308

The next generation of controller will be the SAS3008 (SAS3/SATA4) version of the LSI 9240/9211 range
And the SAS3108 replacing the SAS2108/2208 as in the LSI9260/9265