Quad-SPI FLASH Controller AHB

Overview

The Veriest Serial Flash Controller Design IP offers a rich set of features to facilitate easy access to Serial Flash devices. The CPU can boot directly from the Serial Flash through the memory emulation interface. Alternatively the Serial Flash controller can copy a code image from the serial Flash device to CPU instruction memory prior to CPU boot. The Serial Flash Controller has an internal DMA controller which can be configured to copy code from the serial flash device to any target destination in the system. The Serial Flash Controller is compatible with advanced Flash devices supporting Quad-SPI and Execute-in-Place (XIP) as well as legacy devices using serial SPI. There are also useful features such as Device Detection, Serial Flash Integrity check using CRC-32 Serial FLASH image write and Device Direct Access to gain access to all the internal register set of the serial flash device.

Key Features

  • AHB Memory Mapped Access
  • Auto-Copy DMA Boot Support
  • DMA controller
  • Flash Device Direct Access
  • Serial Flash Device Detect
  • Built-In-Self-Test (BIST)
  • SPI Serial Mode
  • SPI Quad Mode
  • Bit Banging
  • 3 / 4 Byte Addressing
  • XIP Execute-In-Place
  • AHB Slave Interface
  • AHB Master Interface
  • APB Slave Interface
  • Boot Control Interface
  • Interrupt
  • Configuration and Status Registers
  • SFLASH Image Write
  • SPI clock rate configurable

Benefits

  • Low Gate Count
  • Low Power Consumption
  • Fully Verified in with Advanced Function Verification
  • Spyglass Lint Validated
  • Standards Compliant
  • Silicon Proven Core

Block Diagram

Quad-SPI FLASH Controller AHB Block Diagram

Applications

  • General System on Chip Use

Deliverables

  • Synthesizable Verilog RTL
  • Verilog test bench and test cases
  • System Verilog verification environment and test cases
  • Detailed block diagram and technical documents

Technical Specifications

Maturity
Silicon proven
Availability
Now
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