Vendor: PrimeSoC Technologies Category: CXL

CXL 3.0 Dual Mode Controller

CXL is high bandwidth, low latency interconnect lies between host processor and memory devices/accelerators or other network inte…

Overview

CXL is high bandwidth, low latency interconnect lies between host processor and memory devices/accelerators or other network interface cards.
CXL cards has same form factor as PCIE , and can be used in same pcie slot.
Primesoc CXL controller cores can work in PCIE mode only(when auto negotiation fails) OR CXL mode having pcie transfers handled as IO flits, along with Cache and Mem transfers. The layers specified in CXL specification Transport, Datalink, Physical layers (digital packet) are implemented in PrimeSOC CXL IP along with PIPE interface logic connecting to PHY, AXI Bridging logic, CPI and CXS to connect to applications.

Key features

  • Compliant to CXL spec V3.X/V2.X.
  • Compliant to PCIE spec 6.0/5.0.
  • CPI Interface support.
  • Compliant to AXI
  • Configurable AXI master, AXI slave. PIPE/FLEX bus.
  • Configurable to work as standalone PCIE DM/CXL DM. Configurable to work as standalone PCIE DM/CXL DM.
  • Configured as PCIE RP/PCIE EP/CXL RP/CXL EP. Native PCIE support.
  • CXL mode / PCIE mode.
  • Static config of PCIE vs CXL.
  • Rate 8/16/32/64 GT/s in CXL mode and 8/16/32/64 in PCIE mode.
  • Configurable X16, X8, X4, X2, X1.
  • Configurable mulltiprotocol of CXL.io/CXL.cache/CXL.mem. Type 1/2/3 CXL devices supported.
  • PCIE Power management using VDM.
  • Configurable credits with granularity of 128 bits. Configurable VCs.
  • ATS support for type1, type2 devices.
  • AER support.
  • Data poisoning.
  • Deferrable writes support.
  • Viral info support.
  • 64B/256B flit support

What’s Included?

  • Verilog soft IP
  • Sample testbenc

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
PrimeSOC CXL
Vendor
PrimeSoC Technologies

Provider

PrimeSoC Technologies
HQ: India
Primesoc Technologies is a Proprietorship Fabless semiconductor company located in Chennai, India , focused on creating First pass silicons and meeting timing in FPGA's. Predominantly focussed on developing High speed internet cores running at 1Ghz frequency and multi lanes. We have expert engineers with 20+ years of experience in developing digital controller cores and providing success silicons.We also validate all our IPs developed using Xilinx and other FPGA platforms and ensure lint clean and synthesis timing met digital controller cores. Being PHY agnostic, we work with any PHY partners to make our digital controller cores matured.

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Frequently asked questions about CXL IP cores

What is CXL 3.0 Dual Mode Controller?

CXL 3.0 Dual Mode Controller is a CXL IP core from PrimeSoC Technologies listed on Semi IP Hub.

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