SATA I and II Device Cores

The SATA Device core includes the Link and Transport digital logic and analog PHY with configurations fully compliant with the SATA I and II specifications.  It is ideal for system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs for Disk drives, storage systems, NAS and RAID systems.  The Device core supports internal Parallel ATA or ARM AMBA bus interfaces for data transfers within disk controller SoCs.  It also supports bus master DMA rates of 1.5 and 3.0 Gbps burst rates.

Applications: Disk Drives , Network Attached Storage , Port Multiplier , Storage Systems

Other Features & Benefits

SATA Data Rates:

• 1.5 Gbps & 3.0 Gbps
• SATA I & II compliant
• Supports PIO & DMA modes
• Supports bus master DMA

ARM AMBA AHB Interface:

• Revision 2.0

Parallel ATA:

• Ultra ATA/133 parallel interface

Optional Hardware Features:

• Extended SATA cable length
• BIST for PHY operation