PCI Express Solution by Northwest Logic

Product Description

Northwest Logic's high-performance, silicon-proven, easy-to-use IP cores are specifically designed for use in both ASICs and FPGAs. Each core is available in both source code and netlist formats and is provided with a comprehensive Verification Suite and expert technical support.

Key Features:
• Enables high-performance, application-specific designs to be
quickly and easily created
• Hardware validated and PCI-SIG certified
• PCI Express 1.1 and 2.0 support
• Endpoint & Root Port support
• x1, x4, x8 lane support
• Complete PHY support
— ARM PCI Express Velocity PHY
— Integrated PHY FPGAs (Altera, Xilinx)
• Minimal ASIC gate count
• Simple, easy-to-use interfaces
• Broad range of ASIC and FPGA platforms supported
• Source code available
• Provided with expert technical support
• IP Customization and Logic, Board, and Software Development
services available
• Board support packages are available
— Contact Northwest Logic for more information

Solution Includes:
• PCI Express Core
— PCI Express 1.1 and 2.0 support
— Endpoint & Root Port support
• DMA Back-End Core
— High-performance, multi-engine DMA operation
— Simplified Target and Register interfaces
— Supports Northwest Logic PCI Express Cores
— Enables additional user ports to be easily integrated
• Multi-Port Front-End & Memory Controller Cores
— High-performance, multi-port memory interface
— Supports all standard DRAMs (DDR3/DDR2/DDR SDRAM,
Mobile DDR/SDR SDRAM, RLDRAM II)
— Enables additional user ports to be easily integrated
• PCI Express Verification Suite
— Full-featured PCI Express Bus Functional Model
• DMA Driver
— Manages long DMA Descriptor chains in PC Memory
— Windows and Linux support
• PCI Express GUI
— Provides throughput characterization and board self-test

PCI Express Solution

Market Segment(s)

• Embedded
• Enterprise
• Home
• Mobile

ARM Processor(s)

• ARM7EJ-S
• ARM7TDMI
• ARM7TDMI-S
• ARM720T
• ARM920T
• ARM922T
• ARM926EJ-S
• ARM940T
• ARM946E-S
• ARM966E-S
• ARM968E-S
• VFP9-S
• ARM1020E
• ARM1022E
• ARM1026EJ-S
• VFP10
• ARM1136J-S
• ARM1136JF-S
• ARM1156T2(F)-S
• ARM1176JZ(F)-S
• ARM11 MPCore
• Cortex-A8
• Cortex-A9
• Cortex-M1
• Cortex-M3
• Cortex-R4
• SC100
• SC200
• SC300
• StrongARM
• XScale
• Mali55
• Mali-200+GP2
• Mali-400
• Other

System IP

• Interconnect Fabric

Physical IP

• Standard Cell Libraries