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SerialATA IPcore(for Altera)

Support SATA3

SerialATA(SATA)IPcore provides link layer to implement SATA channel to Altera FPGA and work on StratixIV GX, ArriaII GX and CycloneIV GX device. For StratixIV GX, it supports SATA-III (6Gbps) and matchs 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 FPGA development kit.

  Design Gateway also provides SATA-IP for Xilinx Go to SATA-IP <for Xilinx>


Features of SerialATA-IPcore


Block diagram of SerialATA-IPcore

SATA-IP ブロック図


Document download

Common Documents
Document name Update (Revision) File name
SATA-IPcore<for Altera> Leaflet 2011/10/11 SATA3-Brief-JA.pdf
SATA-IPcore<for Altera> Presentation 2011/9/23 (1.1) SATA-PRES-AJ.pdf
Demo Board (AB11-HSMCSATA) Manual (Japanese) 1.0 AB11-HSMCSATA-MAN.pdf
Demo Board (AB12-HSMCRAID) Manual (Japanese) 1.0 AB12-HSMCRAID-MAN.pdf
SATA-IPcore<for Altera> Q&A - -

for StratixIV GX (P/N:SATA-IP-S4GX) Support SATA3!
Document name Update (Revision) File name
SATA-IPcore(for Altera) Datasheet 2011/7/27 (Rev1.2) dg_sata_ip_data_sheet_altera_en.pdf
Host Reference Design Document (for SATA3) 2011/7/27 (Rev1.0) dg_sata3_host_refdesign_st4gx_en.pdf
Demo Instruction for StratixIX GX FPGA dev kit (SATA3/Host) 2011/7/27 (Rev1.0) dg_sata3_host_instruction_st4gx_en.pdf

for ArriaII GX (P/N:SATA-IP-A2GX)
Document name Update (Revision) File name
SATA-IPcore(for Altera) Datasheet 2011/7/27 (Rev1.2) dg_sata_ip_data_sheet_altera_en.pdf
Host Reference Design Document 2011/1/5 (Rev1.0) dg_sata_host_refdesign_ar2gx_en.pdf
Demo Instruction for ArriaII GX FPGA dev kit (Host) 2011/1/5 (Rev1.0) dg_sata_host_instruction_ar2gx_en.pdf

for Cyclone IV GX (P/N:SATA-IP-C4GX)
Document name Update (Revision) File name
SATA-IPcore(for Altera) Datasheet 2011/7/27 (Rev1.2) dg_sata_ip_data_sheet_altera_en.pdf
Host Reference Design Document 2011/6/29 (Rev1.0) dg_sata_host_refdesign_cy4gx_en.pdf
Demo Instruction for CycloneIV GX FPGA dev kit (Host) 2011/1/5 (Rev1.0) dg_sata_host_instruction_cy4gx_en.pdf

SATA-IP for Xilinx is also provided Go to SATA-IP for Xilinx page


Evaluation before purchasing


You can evaluate SATA-IP on StratixIV GX, ArriaII GX or CycloneIV GX FPGA development kit. Design Gateway provide time limited sof file (AB11-HSMCSATA adaptor board and NIOS II are required.

Demonstration video clip <Stratix IV GX/SATA3> on youtube!!
Design Gateway SATA-IPcore Evaluation on Stratix IV GX (SATA3/Host)


SATA3evaluation on StratixIV GX FPGA development kit with SATA/SAS HSMC card

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Inquiry/Purchase

Part Number Supported Devices
SATA-IP-S4GX StratixIV GX (SATA3!!)
SATA-IP-A2GX ArriaII GX
SATA-IP-C4GX CycloneIV GX
Accessories for evaluation Description
AB11-HSMCSATA HSMC-SATA(1ch) adaptor board for Altera FPGA development kit (StratixIV GX, ArriaII GX, CycloneIV GX)
AB12-HSMCRAID HSMC-SATA(8ch) adaptor board for Altera FPGA development kit (StratixIV GX, ArriaII GX, CycloneIV GX)


Performance of SATA-IPcore

SATA-IPcore supports both SATA-II and SATA-III. It works with Seagate, IBM/Hitachi, WesternDigital and Samsung HDD, Intel,PhotoFast,OCZ and Micron SSD (Jul 2011).
SATA-IP Performance


RAID System with SATA-IPcore

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

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