SATA 3G Host Controller IP

Overview

The Synopsys IP solution for Serial ATA (SATA) provides the necessary logic to implement and verify designs using the SATA interface to mass storage. The complete, integrated solution is silicon-proven and includes a comprehensive suite of configurable digital controllers, high-speed mixed-
signal PHYs, and verification IP. By providing a complete solution from a single IP vendor, Synopsys lowers integration risk by ensuring that all the IP functions work together seamlessly. Synopsys IP for SATA provides designers with a high-performance IP solution that is extremely low in power, area, and latency. The IP has gone through extensive in-house and third-party interoperability testing with products shipping in volume production. As a leading supplier of SATA IP, Synopsys is focused on delivering high-quality IP. The strict quality measures, combined with an expert technical support team, enable designers to accelerate time-to-market and reduce integration risk for next-generation mass storage applications.

Key Features

  • Compliant with SATA/eSATA v3.3 and SATA PIPE v4.3 specifications
  • Memory data protection and memory address parity protection
  • Hardware support for native nommand queuing (NCQ)
  • End-to-end parity data path protection
  • End-to-end CRC data (data FISes) protection (in addition to SATA CRC protection)
  • Integrated DMA engine with flexible command layer programming model
  • Included example command layer firmware
  • Optional RX buffer (elasticity buffer) for recovered clock systems
  • Optional 8b/10b encoding/decoding
  • Optional OOB detection/generation logic
  • Data scrambling
  • Speed negotiation when TX OOB signaling is enabled
  • Full power management features supported
  • Supports SATA defined BIST modes
  • Native command queuing, streaming, and asynchronous notification
  • Configurable AMBA system interface
  • Supports disabling of RX and TX clocks during power modes
  • Highly configurable PHY interface
  • Additional, user defined PHY status and control ports

Benefits

  • Complete solution: Digital Controllers, PHY, and Verification IP
  • Compliant with SATA/eSATA v3.3 and AHCI v1.3 specifications
  • Compliant with SATA PIPE v4.3 specification
  • Silicon-proven, shipping in volume
  • Configurable ARM® AMBA®, AHB/AXI bus interfaces
  • PHY optimized for low area and low power
  • Controllers validated with Synopsys and third-party PHYs
  • PHY and controller IP supports 1.5, 3 & 6 Gbps SATA operations
  • Advanced built-in diagnostics for at-speed production testing

Applications

  • Set-top box, DVD and digital TV
  • Desktop and laptop
  • Portable and network storage
  • Hard disk, optical disk, flash, and solid state drives
  • Enterprise and RAID storage systems
  • Any system requiring a high-speed SATA host or device interface

Technical Specifications

Maturity
Available on request
Availability
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