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SATA IP core provides link layer to implement SATA channel to Intel 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 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)
• Simple transaction interface with Host processor or DMA Engine
• 32-bit internal data path
• 4KB FIFO implemented by BlockRAM in transmit and receive paths
• Support SATA-II/III
• 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 Intel® FPGA development kits before purchasing the IP core
  - HSMC-SATA adaptor board(AB09/AB12) is required.
  - NIOS2 Command Shell is required.
  Get time limited evaluation sof file
  1to3 HDD Dupulicator Application Demo for Stratix® IV GX
• Support AHCI, Linux boot up from SoC devices.
• Host Controller IP (HCTL IP) is available to be provided with SATA-IP core.
• FAT32 file system management without CPU usage (Option)
• Support exFAT file system (Optional)

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	FAT32-IP or exFAT Reference design
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	FAT32-IP: Manage FAT32 file system by pure hard-wired logic together with HCTL-IP and SATA-IP. exFAT: provided by CPU firmware

* All solution requires SATA-IP core.
SATA-IP Related Products Selection Guide

Document download

Common Documents

Document name	Update (Revision)
SATA-IP core Leaflet	Rev2.0
SATA-IP core Presentation	1.7E
SATA-IP Related Products Selection Guide	1.0E
Demo Board (AB09-FMCRAID) Manual	1.2
Demo Board (AB11-HSMCSATA) Manual	1.0
Demo Board (AB12-HSMCRAID) Manual	1.0

Documents for each Device families &Evaluation sof files

Document		Arria® 10 SX / Reflex Alaric	Cyclone® V SX	Arria® V ST	Arria® V GX	Stratix® V GX	Stratix® IV GX
HOST Controller IP core (HCTL IP)	Host IP Datasheet	Rev1.2					-
	Reference Design Document	Rev1.2
	Demo Instruction Document	Rev1.2
	Evaluation sof file Registration Form	Arria 10 SX Reflex Alaric			Arria V GX
8ch RAID0 by HCTL IP	8ch RAID0 Reference Design Document	Rev1.0
	8ch RAID0 Demo Instruction Document	Rev1.0
	Evaluation sof file Registration Form	Arria 10 SX
4ch RAID0 by HCTL IP	4ch RAID0 Reference Design Document	Rev1.2				Rev1.0	-
	4ch RAID0 Demo Instruction Document	Rev1.1				Rev1.1	-
	Evaluation sof file Registration Form	Arria 10 SX Reflex Alaric			Arria V GX	8ch RAID	-
	Demo Video	Reflex Alaric
FAT32 for Host IP	FAT32 IP Datasheet	Rev1.0			Rev1.0
	FAT32 IP Reference Design Document	Rev1.0			Rev1.0
	FAT32 IP Demo Instruction Document	Rev1.0			Rev1.0
	Evaluation sof file Registration Form	Arria 10 SX			-
AHCI	SATA+AHCI IP Datasheet	Rev1.2			-	-	-
	AHCI Reference Design Document	Rev1.3			-	-	-
	Demo Instruction Document	Rev1.2			-	-	-
	Evaluation sof file Registration Form	Arria 10 SX (61.2MB)	Cyclone V SX (57.4MB)	Arria V ST (57.7MB)	-	-	-
	Demo Video				-	-	-
Document		Arria® 10 SX	Cyclone® V SX	Arria® V ST	Arria® V GX	Stratix® V GX	Stratix® IV GX
Datasheet		Rev1.5					Rev1.0
Host	Reference Design Document	Rev1.4					Rev1.0
	Demo Instruction Document	Rev2.2					Rev1.0
	Evaluation sof file Registration Form	Arria 10 SX	Cyclone V SX	Arria V ST	Arria V GX	Stratix V GX	Stratix IV GX
	Demo Video	-			-	-
RAID	4ch RAID Reference Design Document	-			Rev1.1	Rev1.0	Rev1.0
	4ch RAID Demo Instruction Document	-			Rev1.1	Rev1.0	Rev1.0
	Evaluation sof file Registration Form	-			Arria V GX	Stratix V GX	Stratix IV GX
ex FAT	exFAT Reference Design Document	-			Rev1.1	-	-
	exFAT Demo Instruction Document	-			Rev1.0	-	-
	Evaluation sof file Registration Form	-			Arria V GX	-	-
Duplicator	Duplicator Demo Instruction Document	-			-	-	Rev1.0
	Evaluation sof file Registration Form	-			-	-	Stratix IV GX
	Demo Video	-			-	-
Document		Arria® 10 SX	Cyclone® V SX	Arria® V ST	Arria® V GX	Stratix® V GX	Stratix® IV GX

Free sof file for evaluation

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

Inquiry/Purchase

Part Number	Supported Devices
SATA-IP-S5GX	Stratix® V GX
SATA-IP-A5GX	Arria® V GX
SATA-IP-S4GX	Stratix® IV GX
SATA-IP-C5SX	Cyclone® V SX SoC
SATA-IP-A5ST	Arria® V ST SoC
SATA-IP-A10SX>	Arria® 10 SX SoC
SATA-IP-A2GX	Arria® II GX
SATA-IP-C4GX	Cyclone® IV GX
Additional Option
SATA-IP-HCTL-A	SATA Host Controller IP core. Able to purchase with SATA-IP product.
SATA-IP-AHCI-A	AHCI function for LinuxOS. Able to purchase with SATA-IP product.
SATA-IP-FAT32-A	FAT32 file system for SATA-IP. Able to purchase with SATA-IP product.
SATA-IP-exFAT-A	exFAT file system for SATA-IP. Able to purchase with SATA-IP product.
Accessories for evaluation	Description
AB09-FMCRAID	FMC-SATA(10ch) adapter board for Intel FPGA development Kits Product introduction page
AB12-HSMCRAID	HSMC-SATA(8ch) adaptor board for Intel® FPGA development kits

About price and licence of this IPcore, please see FAQ page and contact Design Gateway.

Performance

SATA-IP core supports both SATA-II and SATA-III.

Application example

1to3 HDD Duplicator Application on Stratix® IV GX FPGA kit !!

As one of the application of SATA-IP, 1to3 HDD Duplicator is applicable. The demo video clip on youtube.You can download this demo bit file. For the evaluation, Extension adaptor board is necessary. (AB12-HSMCRAID). Please ask us

1to3 HDD Duplicator Application on Stratix® IV GX Video Clip on youtube

HOST controller IP to control SATA by All Hardware Logic

SATA Host Controller IP core (HCTL IP) operating with DG SATA-IP and SATA PHY is ideal for the storage system which has not internal CPU to control SATA Device access. It is recommended to use in very high-speed data recording system, and RAID controller.

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.

Support exFAT file system

SATA-IP core supports exFAT file system. Your system can manage data as files and share files with PC. It is effective and easy for you to use data and apply for any applications. Design Gateway offer special price for exFAT file system reference design for SATA-IP customers.
Before purchasing, you can evaluate SATA-IP core + exFAT file system on Arria® V GX.

For the evaluation, Extension adaptor board is necessary.(AB12-HSMCRAID). Please ask us

RAID System with SATA-IP core

By several SATA-IP core implementation on FPGA, you can achieve RAID system with SATA HDD/SSD. This IP core makes simple wiring on a board and reducing FPGA I/O pins. It is best solution for RAID system. Design Gateway also provide SATA extension adaptor board for Intel FPGA development kit. Moreover Design Gateway have RAID technologies (RAID0,RAID1,RAID5). About integration of SATA-IP core with RAID, please contact us.