Vendor: IP-Maker Category: NVMe Controller

High Performance NVMe for PCIe-based storage

Typical storage controllers are composed of a communication interface and a Nandflash controller.

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Overview

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.

Key features

  • NVM Express Compliant
  • Automatic Command Processing
  • Multi-Channel DMA
  • Up to 65536 I/O queues
  • Weighted round robin queue arbitration support
  • All commands/log management
  • Legacy interrupt/MSI/MSI-X support
  • Full NVMe registers support
  • Asynchronous event management
  • Low Power architecture
  • Available for PCIe Gen1/2/3/4/5/6
  • Host Memory Buffer management
  • Controller Memory Buffer management

Block Diagram

IPM-NVMe_device block diagram

Benefits

  • Available for PCIe Gen1/2/3/4/5/6
  • Ultra low latency
  • Very high throughput
  • Low power architecture
  • Low gate count
  • Cost reduction thanks to interface standardization
  • Validated IP reduces time tomarket

What’s Included?

  • Verilog RTL source code
  • Low level firmware
  • Synthesis scripts
  • Technical documentation
  • Technical support

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
IPM-NVMe_device
Vendor
IP-Maker
Type
Silicon IP

Videos

This is the NVM Express demo from IP-Maker demonstrated at Flash Memory Summit 2012, Santa Clara, CA. The NVMe IP is integrated in a FPGA-based board including all the mandatory features of the NVM Express specification 1.0d. NVMe protocol is observed wit
This is the NVM Express demo from IP-Maker demonstrated at Flash Memory Summit 2012, Santa Clara, CA. The NVMe IP is integrated in a FPGA-based board including all the mandatory features of the NVM Express specification 1.0d. NVMe protocol is observed with a protocol analyzer from Teledyne Lecroy.

Files

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Provider

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HQ: France
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Frequently asked questions about NVMe Controller IP cores

What is High Performance NVMe for PCIe-based storage?

High Performance NVMe for PCIe-based storage is a NVMe Controller IP core from IP-Maker listed on Semi IP Hub.

How should engineers evaluate this NVMe Controller?

Engineers should review the overview, key features, supported foundries and nodes, maturity, deliverables, and provider information before shortlisting this NVMe Controller IP.

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