SAS Initiator, 12G, 4 Ports, 48 Gbps

Overview

The SAS Initiator Controller IP Core provides an interface to high-speed serial link replacement for the parallel SCSI attachment of mass storage devices. Maximum supported bandwidth is 48 Gbps. The serial link employs multiple high-speed gigabit transceivers.

Key Features

  • SAS & SATA Speed Negotiation and OOB
  • SAS 1.5, 3.0, 6.0 and 12.0 Gbps support
  • SATA 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 Gbps support
  • Native 32 bit PHY interface
  • AXI SoC Interface
  • Rate Tolerance Management
  • Data and Idle scrambling
  • Frame assembly and decoding
  • Power Management
  • Configurable, 1 quad, 2 dual or 4 single narrow, or 1 quad or 2 dual wide ports
  • Automatic Identify and Reset Management
  • Automatic Connection Control
  • Support of SMP, SSP and native SATA protocols
  • Multi-channel S/G DMA support with on-demand processing
  • 256 bit DATA stream
  • Multiple simultaneous connections per device
  • Sustained 48 GBps bandwidth
  • Up to 32 internal transmit buffers
  • Up to 32 internal receive buffers
  • Xilinx Transceiver based PHY

Benefits

  • Very fast, high performance implementation
  • Small footprint
  • Easy to use

Applications

  • Mass storage
  • Linux SoC
  • Data Recorder
  • Raid System

Deliverables

  • Verilog HDL Source Code
  • Test bench
  • Documentation
  • Technical Support

Technical Specifications

Foundry, Node
any
Maturity
Production
Availability
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