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SATA IP core provides link layer to implement SATA channel to Altera FPGAs. It supports SATA-III (6Gbps) and matches with SATA-III SSDs. It can connect with SSD/HDD without PHY chip. You can develop your product in a short period because the IP core product includes the reference design with source code designed for Altera (Intel) FPGA development kit.

Features

Compliant with the Serial ATA specification revision 3.0 Support both of SATA Host and SATA Device (Applicable to SATA Peripheral development) Compact and small resource usage, suitable for multi-channel RAID system Adopted by NASA, proven high reliability Simple transaction interface with Host processor or DMA Engine 32-bit internal data path 4KB FIFO implemented by BlockRAM in transmit and receive paths Low frequency operation - IP Core clock 75.0MHz and PHY clock 150MHz for SATA-II - IP Core clock 150.0MHz and PHY clock 300MHz for SATA-III

CONT primitive support for continue primitive suppression to reduce EMI Support 20bit width PHY Able to evaluate on Altera FPGA development kits before purchasing the IP core - HSMC-SATA adaptor board(AB09/AB12) is required. - NIOS2 Command Shell is required. Support AHCI, Linux boot up from SoC devices. Host Controller IP (HCTL IP) is available to be provided with SATA-IP core. exFAT & FAT32 file system management without CPU usage (Option)

Block diagram

Suitable Options for SATA application

The best performance High-speed sustain rate	SATA access from Linux	FPGA-PC data exchange
HCTL-IP (SATA Host controller IP)	AHCI-IP	exFAT-IP FAT32-IP
Whole control for SATA-IP with pure hard-wired logic, and can reduce CPU as well as can provide the best performance and minimum latency	AHCI adapter function that is necessary to access from LinuxOS via AHCI device driver. For SOC devices	Manage exFAT/FAT32 file system by pure hard-wired logic together with HCTL-IP and SATA-IP.
Learn more: SATA-IP Related Products Selection Guide

* All solution requires SATA-IP core.

Document download

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Common Documents

Document name	Update (Revision)
DG IP cores Brochure	Rev2023Q4
SATA-IP core Presentation	Rev1.9E
SATA-IP core RAID prototype system introduction	Rev1.3E
SATA-IP Related Products Selection Guide	Rev1.2E
Demo Board (AB09-FMCRAID) Manual	Rev1.2
Demo Board (AB11-HSMCSATA) Manual	Rev1.0
Demo Board (AB12-HSMCRAID) Manual	Rev1.0

Technical Documents &Evaluation sof files

Support Devices	Arria® 10 SX/GX, Cyclone®10 GX, Reflex Alaric Stratix® V GX, Arria® V ST/GX, Cyclone® V SX
IP core & Option	Datasheet	Reference Design Document	Demo Instruction Document	Evaluation sof file	Demo Video
HOST Controller IP core (HCTL IP)	Rev1.3	Rev1.3	Rev1.3	Arria 10 SX Arria 10 GX Reflex Alaric Arria V GX
HCTL IP + 8ch RAID0		Rev1.0	Rev1.1 (10 series) Rev1.1 (V series)	Arria 10 SX Arria 10 GX Stratix V GX
HCTL IP + 4ch RAID0		Rev1.2	Rev1.1	Arria 10 SX Reflex Alaric Arria V GX	Altera Arria 10 SX Reflex Alaric
exFAT-IP for HCTL IP	Rev1.2	Rev1.2	Rev1.2	Arria 10 SX Cyclone 10 GX
exFAT-IP FTP server demo with TOE1G-IP		Rev1.0	Rev1.0	Cyclone 10 GX
FAT32-IP for HCTL IP	Rev1.0	Rev1.0	Rev1.0	Arria 10 SX
AHCI IP core	Rev1.2	Rev1.3	Rev1.2	Arria®10 SX Cyclone V SX Arria V ST
SATA-IP core (Host)	Rev1.6	Rev1.4	Rev2.2	Arria®10 SX Stratix V GX Cyclone V SX Arria V ST Arria V GX
4ch RAID0		Rev1.0 (ST5) Rev1.1(AR5)	Rev1.0 (ST5) Rev1.1 (AR5)	Stratix V GX Arria V GX

* For Stratix® IV GX, Please ask DesignGateway.

Free sof file for evaluation

You can evaluate SATA-IP on Altera FPGA development kits. Design Gateway provide time limited sof file (AB adapter board series and NIOS2 Command Shell are required).

Accessories for evaluation

Accessories for evaluation	Description	Purchasing
AB09-FMCRAID	FMC-SATA(10ch) adapter board for SATA-IP with RAID evaluation. Product page Download manual	Purchase
AB12-HSMCRAID	HSMC-SATA(8ch) adaptor board for Altera FPGA development kits	Purchase

RAID System with SATA-IP core

By several SATA-IP core implementation on FPGA, you can scalably achieve RAID system with SATA HDD/SSD to enhance transmission speed and storage quantities. Design Gateway also provide SATA extension adaptor board for Altera FPGA development kits.







SATA-IP + 4ch RAID0 achieves ultra high-speed transmission.


SSD: Samsung 850Pro x4pcs

Application example

Satellite Data Storage Satellites often have limited space and power resources. Design Gateway's SATA Host IP Core integrates seamlessly into these systems, offering Reliable storage for telemetry & mission data: Ensures critical information is captured and protected. Low power consumption: Extends operational life for power-sensitive satellite missions. Small form factor: Perfect for compact satellite designs Learn more about Solutions for Aerospace

Flight Data Logger Flight data loggers require the highest levels of data integrity and stable performance for real-time sensor data logging. Our SATA Host IP Core simplifies system design by enabling data logging directly from sensors to SATA SSDs without CPU and OS intervention. This offers more efficient system implementation while meeting stringent performance requirements. Learn more about Solutions for Aerospace

Support AHCI to be able to boot up Linux from SoC Devices

SATA AHCI IP core operating with SATA IP Core is suitable for the system which has the processor running on OS and needs to have SATA device to be the system storage. By using AHCI driver to access AHCI IP, the system can access SATA device with full features and high speed performance. Both embedded CPU like ARM on SoC platform or CPU on PC can be used to be the processor for AHCI IP, so the IP can be applied for embedded storage system, RAID application, high-speed and large capacity data acquisition system.
The demo video clip is available on youtube.