Overview
The multi-lane Synopsys Multi-Protocol 32G PHY IP is part of Synopsys’ high-performance multi-rate transceiver portfolio for high-end networking and
cloud computing applications. The PHY is small in area and provides a low active and standby power solution that supports multiple electrical standards, including PCI Express® (PCIe®) 5.0, 1G to 400G Ethernet, Cache Coherent Interconnect
for Accelerators (CCIX), Compute Express Link (CXL), SATA, and other industry-standard interconnect protocols Using leading-edge design, analysis, simulation, and measurement techniques, the multi-protocol 32G PHY delivers signal integrity and jitter performance that exceeds the standards’ electrical specifications.
The configurable transmitter and receiver equalizers along with Continuous Calibration and Adaptation (CCA) enable designers to control and optimize signal integrity and performance across voltage and temperature variations. The PHY provides advanced power management features for both standby and active power. The BERT and internal eye monitor provide on-chip testability and visibility into channel performance. The PHY integrates seamlessly with the Synopsys Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) and Media Access Control (MAC) to reduce design time and to help designers achieve first-pass silicon success.
Learn more about Multi-Protocol PHY IP core
Morgan State University (MSU) recently received an Apple Innovation Grant, designed to support engineering schools as they develop their silicon and hardware technologies. The New Silicon Initiative (NSI) is designed to inspire and prepare students for careers in hardware engineering, computer architecture, and silicon chip design.
Increasingly, more of the focus on mobile has centered around cloud datacenters and the networking to get the data back and forth between these datacenters and the mobile device. Functions like voice recognition and mapping depend on the ability to split the functionality between the smartphone, for local processing like encryption and compression, and the back end, where a large number of servers can do the heavier lifting before returning the results.
Steven Brown
The Cadence 10G multi-protocol PHY was architected to address this exact challenge. Designed to scale across multiple process nodes, it consolidates PCI Express (PCIe), USB, DisplayPort, Ethernet, and other interfaces into a single, compact, silicon-efficient block. What sets it apart is simultaneous multi-protocol support, which enables multiple data paths without duplicating hardware, requiring extra board connectors, or paying the area and power penalty of separate IP blocks.
