AXI Interconnect Fabric

Overview

The AXI Interconnect provides the necessary infrastructure to connect as many as 8 shared AXI Slaves to as many as 4 AXI Bus Masters.

AXI defines 5 channels (write address, read address, write data, read data, write response) for its interface signaling between AXI Master and AXI Slave, but does not define a single way that an AXI Master must be connected to an AXI Slave. In general, an interconnect module is necessary when more than one Master and/or more than one Slave is required.

The AXI Interconnect is responsible for routing a transaction from a given Master to the appropriate Slave (decoding and switching), and ensuring that the various Master transactions do not interfere with each other

Key Features

  • AMBA® AXI-4 Compatible
  • Multiple AXI Channels
  • Off the shelf core supports 4 Masters and 8 Slaves
  • Arbitration is done at each slave
  • Other configurations are available

Block Diagram

AXI Interconnect Fabric Block Diagram

Deliverables

  • Verilog Source
  • Complete Test Environment
  • AXI Bus Functional Model

Technical Specifications

Maturity
Silicon Proven
Availability
Now
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