Overview
Synopsys MIPI® IP solution enables low-power and high-performance interface between system-on-chips (SoCs), application processors, baseband processors, and peripheral devices. Synopsys’ broad MIPI IP solution consists of PHYs in mainstream and advanced FinFET processes, controllers, verification IP, IP Prototyping Kits and Interface IP Subsystems.
As the market leader in MIPI IP, Synopsys supports the ecosystem by developing high-quality, cost-effective, and interoperable MIPI IP solutions that enable designers to deploy differentiated features in their mobile, automotive, artificial intelligence (AI), and IoT SoCs. Utilizing a single-vendor solution allows designers to lower the risk of integrating MIPI interfaces into SoCs and device ICs, while accelerating time-to-market.
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With the rapid development of modern mobile systems there is a great increase in the complexity involved in the IP and SOC designs and correspondingly the functional verification also becomes a challenge. To reduce time to market, IPs needed for the SOC must be developed in parallel to the top level design and should be verified in parallel. This requires strong methodology and infrastructure support which allows the SOC design team to be aligned on the requirements with IP teams. Methodology should also ensure that SOC design team gets the required data for the IP to proceed with the complexity of SOC design.
Systems using SoCs designed in advanced processes generally rely on external Flash devices that use NOR/NAND Flash memory technology for non-volatile storage. NOR Flash memory offers many benefits for device manufacturers and consumers, such as faster reading, low power consumption, and smaller area. In contrast, NAND Flash memories are ideal for applications such as data storage, where higher memory capacity and faster write and erase operations are required.
As the system, software & IP complexity is increasing so is the demand of SystemC models & Virtual Platform for verification. To achieve it, the key requirements are that the models/platform should be developed fast, reusable & highly accurate. We are sharing the experience of our company 3D-IP Semiconductors Ltd. for the development of a generic Virtual Platform using TLM 2.0; reusable for any system model.
In the world of mobile and embedded electronics, storage is no longer just about capacity; it’s about how fast that data can move. As we transition into an era of on-device AI and 8K video, the standards we rely on—UFS, eMMC, and NAND—are evolving rapidly.
Eric Esteve
UniversalFlash Storage (UFS) was created for mobile applications and computer systems requiring high performance and low power consumption. These systems typically use embedded Flash based on the JEDEC standard eMMC. UFS was defined by JEDEC as the evolutionary replacement for eMMC offering significantly higher memory bandwidth. The standard builds on existing standards such as the SCSI command set, the MIPI Alliance M-PHY and UniPro as well as eMMC form factors to simplify adoption and development.
