Vendor: Missing Link Electronics Category: SATA Controller

Zynq SATA Storage Extension - Production Reference Design

MLE's Zynq SATA Storage Extension (Zynq SSE) is a fully integrated and pre-validated system stack comprising 3rd-party SATA Host …

Overview

MLE's Zynq SATA Storage Extension (Zynq SSE) is a fully integrated and pre-validated system stack comprising 3rd-party SATA Host Controller and DMA IP cores from ASICS World Services, a storage micro-architecture from MLE, Xilinx PetaLinux, and an Open Source SATA Host Controller Linux kernel driver, also from MLE. Zynq SSE utilizes the Xilinx GTP/GTX Multi-Gigabit Transceivers to integrate physical SATA connectivity.

Zynq SSE is delivered as a complete reference design for the Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC (Zynq), and effectively extends Zynq with one single SATA host port for HDD and SSD storage connectivity.

A novel license fee structure reflects the needs of Zynq's Embedded Linux users for simple and affordable SATA.

Key features

  • Provides one single SATA I (1.5 Gbps), SATA II (3 Gbps) and SATA III (6 Gbps) host port.
  • Access one single SATA HDD or SATA SSD via a standard Linux block device interface and Linux filesystems.
  • Fully integrated and tested SATA I/II/III Host Controller IP Core.
  • Fully integrated and tested DMA Controller IP Core.
  • SATA driver for Linux/Petalinux available in binary and open source.
  • SATA-IO compliance in works.
  • Less than 3% resource utilization on a Zynq 7045 leaves more than 95% of Zynq resources for you.

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Benefits

  • Reduce PCB footprint and BoM costs with this integrated FPGA solution.
  • Reduce development cost, time and risks with this integrated, pre-validated system stack.
  • Enables tight storage algorithm integration and test for de-duplification, scrubbing, compression, etc.

Applications

  • Fast and reliable storage solutions for Embedded Systems.
  • Supervisory, Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.
  • Smart Storage, Software-defined Storage, Network-Attached Storage (NAS).
  • Storage and Retrieval for Test & Measurement.
  • Video Imaging Record and Replay.

What’s Included?

  • Complete, downloadable system stack and Xilinx Vivado design project for evaluation purposes on either Xilinx ZC706 Design Kit plus XM104 Adapter Card, or the Avnet Zynq Mini-ITX Boards 7Z045 and 7Z100.

Files

Note: some files may require an NDA depending on provider policy.

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
Zynq SSE
Vendor
Missing Link Electronics

Provider

Missing Link Electronics
HQ: USA
We are a Silicon Valley based technology company with offices in Germany. We are partner of leading electronic device and solution providers and have been enabling key innovators in the automotive, industrial, test & measurement markets to build better Embedded Systems, faster. Our mission is to develop and market technology solutions for Embedded Systems Realization via pre-validated IP and expert application support, and to combine off-the-shelf FPGA devices with Open-Source Software for dependable, configurable Embedded System platforms. Our expertise is I/O connectivity and acceleration of data communication protocols, additionally opening up FPGA technology for analog applications, and the integration and optimization of Open Source Linux and Android software stacks on modern extensible processing architectures.

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