Vendor: iWave Systems Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Category: NVMe Controller

NVMe Host Controller

The NVMe IP core is compliant with NVM Express base specification revision 1.4 that performs memory transfer to or from the NVMe …

Overview

The NVMe IP core is compliant with NVM Express base specification revision 1.4 that performs memory transfer to or from the NVMe storage like SSDs. The IP core is designed to handle NVMe protocols without the need for external DDR memory via a PCIe interface. It is ideal for applications that require large storage capacity with high performance and is available with flexible vendor-specific PCIe IP to access SSD.
 

Key features

  • Compliant with NVM Express base specification revision 1.4
  • Supports SMART, Identify, Shutdown READ, WRITE, Flush commands
  • Includes internal RAM as a data buffer without using the external DDR
  • Operates with PCIe IP using 4-lane PCIe Gen3 as a physical layer for the SSD
  • Uses vendor-specific PCIe root port IP
  • Supports single Admin queue and single IO queues
  • Supports scalable IO queues depths and Admin queue depths
  • Supports NVMe devices with 512 bytes and 4096 bytes sector sizes
  • Supports maximum data transfer size of 1Mb per command
  • Supports host memory page size of 4Kbytes
  • Supports AXI4-Stream interface for the data interface
  • Supports AXI4-Lite interface for the control interface

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Benefits

  • NVMe host controller with AXI control and data path interfaces
  • Supports vendor-specific PCIe hard IP
  • Supports PCIe soft IP
  • Supports Admin and IO queues of queue depth 16

Applications

  • Used as Host for the NVMe solid state drives
  • Used in application which requires high data storage with very high performance

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
iW NVMe Host Controller
Vendor
iWave Systems Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Type
Silicon IP

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NVMe powers SSDs in the enterprise

With the emergence of non-volatile memory express (NVMe), a scalable host controller interface specifically developed for PCIe SSDs, and a supporting ecosystem plus dedicated devices such as NVMe programmable flash controller chips, the potential of PCIe SSDs for enterprise computing applications can be fully realized.

Controller Memory Buffer (CMB): NVMe 2.0’s On-Controller Memory Feature

Non-volatile Memory Express (NVMe) has become the dominant interface protocol for high-performance storage devices. As workloads demand ever-lower latencies, the NVMe specification has evolved with features that reduce data-path overhead. One such feature is the Controller Memory Buffer (CMB), which exposes on-controller memory directly to the host system.

NVMe host IP for computing accelerator

NVM Express (NVMe) SSDs are well adopted by the storage industry. It delivers high performances in term of IOPS, throughput and latency. It comes with a various range of capacity and form factors including PCIe Add-In-Card, 2.5" U.2, M.2 and recently as a single BGA chip.

Frequently asked questions about NVMe Controller IP cores

What is NVMe Host Controller?

NVMe Host Controller is a NVMe Controller IP core from iWave Systems Technologies Pvt. Ltd. listed on Semi IP Hub.

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