The SAS Initiator Controller IP Core provides an interface to high-speed serial link replacement for the parallel SCSI attachment of mass storage devices. Maximum supported bandwidth is 48 Gbps. The serial link employs multiple high-speed gigabit transceivers.
SAS Initiator, 12G, 4 Ports, 48 Gbps
Overview
Key Features
- SAS & SATA Speed Negotiation and OOB
- SAS 1.5, 3.0, 6.0 and 12.0 Gbps support
- SATA 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 Gbps support
- Native 32 bit PHY interface
- AXI SoC Interface
- Rate Tolerance Management
- Data and Idle scrambling
- Frame assembly and decoding
- Power Management
- Configurable, 1 quad, 2 dual or 4 single narrow, or 1 quad or 2 dual wide ports
- Automatic Identify and Reset Management
- Automatic Connection Control
- Support of SMP, SSP and native SATA protocols
- Multi-channel S/G DMA support with on-demand processing
- 256 bit DATA stream
- Multiple simultaneous connections per device
- Sustained 48 GBps bandwidth
- Up to 32 internal transmit buffers
- Up to 32 internal receive buffers
- Xilinx Transceiver based PHY
Benefits
- Very fast, high performance implementation
- Small footprint
- Easy to use
Applications
- Mass storage
- Linux SoC
- Data Recorder
- Raid System
Deliverables
- Verilog HDL Source Code
- Test bench
- Documentation
- Technical Support
Technical Specifications
Foundry, Node
any
Maturity
Production
Availability
Now