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Controllers Newsletter – Q4 2014
Market Leading PCI Express DMA/Bridging Solution
Northwest Logic offers market-leading DMA/Bridging cores as part of our comprehensive PCI ExpressSolution including:
- 4 different DMA core flavors covering a broad range of design needs
- High-throughput, scatter-gather DMA support
- Supports memory-mapped and streaming (FIFO) DMA operation
- Support for up to 1024 DMA Channels
- High-performance Windows and Linux driver
- High-throughput PCIe-AXI Bridging support
- Optimized Root Port bridging support
Northwest Logic’s DMA solution is used in the Xilinx-7 series, Virtex-6, Spartan-6 connectivity kits. Click here for more information.
Northwest Logic Is NOW Part Of The Intel Custom Foundry Ecosystem
Northwest Logic offers PCIe and DDR controllers for use by customers of Intel Custom Foundry. These controllers along with the Intel Custom Foundry PHYs provide complete PCIe and DDR solutions. “Our SerDes IP has been successfully integrated with the Northwest Logic PCIe controller on multiple customer products,” stated Tony Pialis, Director of Analog Mixed-Signal IP, Intel Custom Foundry. “Working together, Intel Custom Foundry and Northwest Logic have created robust and silicon ready IO solutions for our customers.”
Xilinx Uses Northwest Logic Expresso DMA Core As Part Of Its OpenCL Offering
Xilinx uses the Expresso DMA Core as one of the key IP blocks in the hardware platforms supplied as part of the recently announced SDAccel™ development environment for OpenCL™, C, and C++, enabling up to 25X better performance/watt for data center application acceleration leveraging FPGAs. “The Expresso DMA core delivered the performance and feature set required for data center ready PCIe based solutions with SDAccel development environment” said Vinay Singh, Senior Product Manager of SDAccel.
Northwest Logic Releases DDR4 3DS Support
Three Dimensional Stack (3DS) is a new method of stacking memory die utilizing through silicon vias. This enables very high memory densities without increased signal loading. Memory vendors have already announced DDR4 RDIMM products utilizing the 3DS technology. Northwest Logic’s DDR4 Controller fully support 3DS requirements and is optimized to efficiently manage banks across both 3DS logical and physical ranks. For more information contact Northwest Logic.
Northwest Logic Uses Mentor Graphics’ Questa Advanced Verification Platform
Northwest Logic uses Mentor Graphics’ Questa platform as a key part of our comprehensive IP Core verification. The Questa verification platform provides excellent performance, functional and code coverage support and advanced verification management. In addition, Northwest Logic and Mentor Graphics collaborate to support mutual customers who are using our cores and Mentor Graphics’ full-featured VIP. Click here for more information on the Questa simulator and VIP.
DDR4 Controller Used In NVDIMM FPGA Designs
Non-Volatile DIMMs (NVDIMM) quickly save the DRAM contents to an on-board flash in the event of a system power failure. On power-up the DRAM is reloaded with the flash contents. Northwest Logic’s DDR4 Controller is being used by a variety of NVDIMM providers in FPGA designs which manages the transfer of data between the DDR4 DRAM and flash. Click here for more NVDIMM information.
Low Cost FPGA-Based MIPI Interface Support Now Available
Xilinx, Northwest Logic and Xylon announce the availability of a low cost Xilinx FPGA-based MIPI interface and associated IP. Xilinx FPGAs and NWL MIPI Cores can now be used to connect image sensors, displays and ASSPs that support the CSI-2 and DSI standards in 4K2K and beyond video systems. Click here to see a demo video.
Video on Demand to hit $45 billion by 2018
Writing for the Boston Globe, Ty Burr confirms that accessing video on demand (VOD) is now the way most people watch movies.
“[They are viewing films] at home with a flick of the remote, on laptops or smartphones with the tap of a finger, renting or buying films through their cable on-demand menus, through subscription services like Netflix, or via iTunes or Amazon Instant Video,” Burr explained. “By 2018, VOD is expected to be a $45 billion market.”
BlackEnergy targets critical infrastructure
A Trojan Horse malware program has reportedly “penetrated the software” that runs much of the nation’s critical infrastructure. According to an official ICS-CERT bulletin, the program successfully compromised numerous industrial control systems (ICSs) environments using a variant of the BlackEnergy malware.
Rambus and Mobiveil Partner to Bring Pre-Validated Solution to Chip Makers, Delivering Memory Flexibility and Accelerated Time-to-Market
Certified interoperability of DDR4/3, LPDDR3/2 Multi-modal PHY and Universal controller combines industry-leading signal integrity and broad configurability
SUNNYVALE and MILPITAS, Calif. – November 18, 2014 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) and Mobiveil today announced they have validated interoperability of the Rambus R+™ DDR4 Multi-modal PHY with the Mobiveil Universal Multiport Memory Controller (UMMC) Core for JEDEC standard DDR4/3 and LPDDR3/2 operation. As part of the overall Rambus IP Cores program, the integrated IP provides chipmakers with a pre-validated, industry standard solution that reduces costs and risk by reducing IP qualification time. In addition, the differentiated memory subsystem brings together the superior signal integrity and low power offered by the Rambus R+ multi-modal PHY with the flexibility of the Mobiveil UMMC in a single, easily integrated solution.
“Partnering with Mobiveil to bring a complete offering to market demonstrates both companies’ commitment to meeting customer needs in the face of increasingly complex and costly SoC development,” said Kevin Donnelly, general manager of the Memory and Interface division at Rambus. “By working in a collaborative manner with companies like Mobiveil, we are addressing chip makers needs with proven and ready-to-use IP blocks that minimize qualification and integration time.”
“Our UMMC Controller Core has successfully proven to be both flexible and configurable for real-time consumer applications,” said Ravi Thummarukudy, chief executive officer of Mobiveil. “Pairing our technology with the Rambus R+ multi-modal PHY provides customers with the best DRAM solution for their particular application without changing the SoC, which substantially minimizes design time and development cycles across a broad number of applications.”
The Rambus R+ DDR4/3, LPDDR3/2 multi-modal PHY delivers industry-leading performance while providing SoC makers a comprehensive array of memory choices, ranging from high-performance to low-power applications. To complement its broad applicability, the R+ DDR4/3 multi-modal PHY delivers versatile configuration options for both area- and power-optimized consumer applications and performance-intensive compute applications. Additionally, the enhanced standards IP cores are designed with system-aware methodology to ensure superior signal integrity and system margin for optimal DRAM vendor interoperability. The PHY is available in several low-power foundry processes and can be configured for both flip-chip and wire bond packages with data rates ranging from 800 to 3200Mbps.
Mobiveil’s UMMC Controller is a highly flexible and configurable design. It is targeted for high bandwidth access and low power consumption such as next-generation mobile, networking and consumer applications. The controller architecture is carefully tailored to achieve reliable high-frequency operation with dynamic power management and rapid system debug capabilities. Its flexible AXI System interface makes it easy to be integrated into a wide range of applications.
Mobiveil has joined the Rambus Partner Program, which will enable further collaboration on other combined IP blocks offerings between the two companies. For additional information on the Rambus Partner Program, visit rambus.com/partners.
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About Rambus Inc.
Rambus brings invention to market. Our customizable IP cores, architecture licenses, tools, services, and training improve the competitive advantage of our customer’s products while accelerating their time-to-market. Rambus products and innovations capture, secure and move data. For more information, visit rambus.com.
About Mobiveil, Inc.
Mobiveil is a fast‐growing technology company that specializes in development of Silicon Intellectual Properties, platforms and solutions for the storage, networking and enterprise markets. Mobiveil team leverages decades of experience in delivering high‐quality, production‐proven, highspeed serial interconnect Silicon IP cores and custom and standard form factor hardware boards to leading customers worldwide.. Mobiveil is headquartered in the Silicon Valley with engineering development centers located in Milpitas, CA, Chennai and Bangalore, India, and sales offices and representatives located in US, Europe, Israel, Japan, Taiwan and People Republic of China. For more information, please visit www.mobiveil.com
RRAM differentiates MCUs from the masses
A microcontroller (MCU) is a small computer built on a single integrated circuit that contains a processor core, memory and programmable input/output peripherals.
