Typical storage controllers are composed of a communication interface and a Nandflash controller. In this case, all the data flow is managed by the external host processor. However, this architecture cannot sustain high performance applications.
The IPM-NVMe_Device IP coreis a powerful data transfer manager integrated into the PCIe SSD Controller between the communication interface and the Nandflash controller, therefore off-loading the host CPU. The IPM-NVMe_Device IP is UNH-IOL NVM Express compliant. It is part of the official NVMe integrator’s list.
Server manufacturers benefit from driver standardization. All PCIe SSDs NVM Express-compliant support a unique driver providing ease-of-use and cost-reduced software development. The IP-Maker IPM-NVMe_Device IP core is fully-featured and easy to use in FPGA and SoC designs. The full hardware architecture, which is gates number optimized, provides a power efficient IOPS rate, leading to low power SSD controller capabilities.
