SerialATA IPcore
Support Spartan-6 & Virtex-6!!
SerialATA(SATA) IPcore compliant with the Serial ATA specification revision 2.6 and work on Xilinx Virtex5/6 and Spartan6 device.
This IPcore provide link layer. Design Gateway provide transport layer
and 20bit 150MHz RocketIO GTP physical layer design for 3.0Gbps SATA-II
interface as reference design. It can connect with SATA-II HDD without
PHY chip.
Design Gateway also provides SATA-IP for Altera Go to SATA-IP <for Altera>
Features of SerialATA-IPcore
- Compliant with the Serial ATA specification revision 2.6
- 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 (SATA-I support is also possible by PHY parameter settings change)
- Low frequency operation
- IP Core clock 75.0MHz and PHY clock 150MHz for SATA-II
- IP Core clock 37.5MHz and PHY clock 75MHz for SATA-I - CONT primitive support for continue primitive suppression to reduce EMI
- Support 20bit width PHY implemented by Virtex5 GTP
- Able to evaluate on ML505/ML506/SP605 board before purchasing the IPcore
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Block diagram of SerialATA-IPcore
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Document download
Common Documents| Document name | Update (Revision) | File name |
| SerialATA-IPcore Leaflet | 26-Jan-2010 | SATA2-Brief-E.pdf |
| SerialATA-IPcore Presentation | 4-Feb-2009 | SATA-PRES-E.pdf |
| SerialATA-IPcore RAID prototype system introduction | 5-Jun-2009 | SATA-RAID-E.pdf |
| SerialATA-IPcore Application note1: SSD Performance Report | 23-Mar-2009 (Rev1.2) | dg_sata_ip_appnote1_en.pdf |
for Virtex-5 LXT/SXT : (SATA-IP001)| Document name | Update (Revision) | File name |
| SerialATA-IPcore Datasheet | 29-Jan-2010 (Rev1.8) | dg_sata_ip_data_sheet_en.pdf |
| SerialATA-IPcore (Host) Reference Design Document | 2-Jun-2009 (Rev1.4) | dg_sata_ip_refdesign_host_en.pdf |
| SerialATA-IPcore (Device) Reference Design Document | 2-Jun-2009 (Rev1.2) | dg_sata_ip_refdesign_device_en.pdf |
| SerialATA-IPcore Linux system Reference Design Document |
22-Jul-2009 (Rev1.0) | dg_sata_ip_refdesign_linux_en.pdf |
| SATA-IP Demo Instruction Document (Host) for ML505/506 | 15-Dec-2008 (Rev1.4) | dg_sata_ip_host_demo_instruction_en.pdf |
| SATA-IP Demo Instruction Document (Device) for ML505/506 | 20-Nov-2008 (Rev1.0) | dg_sata_ip_device_demo_instruction_en.pdf |
for Spartan-6 LXT : (SATA-IP003) | Document name | Update (Revision) | File name |
| SerialATA-IPcore Datasheet | 19-Jan-2010 (Rev1.0) | dg_sata_ip_data_sheet_sp6_en.pdf |
| SerialATA-IPcore (Host) Reference Design Document | 20-Jan-2010 (Rev1.0) | dg_sata_ip_refdesign_host_sp6_en.pdf |
| SerialATA-IPcore (Device) Reference Design Document | 22-Jan-2010 (Rev1.0) | dg_sata_ip_refdesign_device_sp6_en.pdf |
| SATA-IP Demo Instruction Document (Host) for SP605 | 21-Jan-2010 (Rev1.0) | dg_sata_ip_host_demo_instruction_sp6_en.pdf |
| SATA-IP Demo Instruction Document (Device) for SP605 | 22-Jan-2010 (Rev1.0) | dg_sata_ip_dev_demo_instruction_sp6_en.pdf |
for Spartan-6 LXT : (SATA-IP004) | Document name | Update (Revision) | File name |
| SerialATA-IPcore (RAIDx4) Reference Design Document for ML605 | (Rev1.0) | dg_sata_ip_refdesign_raidx4_vt6_en.pdf |
| SerialATA-IPcore (RAIDx4) Demo Instruction Documentfor ML605 | (Rev1.0) | dg_sata_ip_raidx4_demo_instruction_vt6_en.pdf |
SATA-IP for Altera is also provided Go to SATA-IP for Altera page
Bit file download for evaluation
1-hour limitation bit files are provided. You can evaluate SATA-IPcore on Xilinx ML505/ML506/SP605 board.
Go to Download pageDemonstration video clip on youtube.
Inquiry/Purchase
| Part Number | Supported Devices |
| SATA-IP001 | Virtex-5 LXT/SXT |
| SATA-IP002 | Virtex-5 FXT * About Supported HDD, Please contact us. |
| SATA-IP003 | Spartan-6 LXT |
| SATA-IP004 | Virtex-6 LXT/SXT |
| Accessories for evaluation | Description |
 AB01-PCIe2SATA |
PCIeS-SATAx1 adaptor board for SP605 |
 AB02-CROSSOVER |
SATA-SATA Cross Over adaptor board for Device IP evaluation |
 AB05-PCIeSATAx8-PW |
SerialATA extension adaptor board for Xilinx ML555. It can connect with HDDs up to 8pcs. |
 AB06-PCIeSATAx8 |
SerialATA extension adaptor board for Xilinx ML605. It can connect with HDDs up to 8pcs. |
About price and licence of this IPcore, please contact Design Gateway.
Performance of SerialATA-IPcore
SerialATA-IPcore can draw maximum HDD performance because of SATA-II supporting. This IPcore is checked on Seagate, IBM/Hitachi, WesternDigital, Samsung HDD, Intel and PhotoFast SATA-II SSD (Apr 2009) |
[Go to performance data with HDD]
Application example of SerialATA-IPcore
Attached reference design in SerialATA-IPcore is for Xilinx ML505/506 and SP605 board. You can evaluate this IPcore and start logic development using SerialATA-IPcore easily and immediately. |
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For the evaluation for SP605, PCIe-SATAx1 adaptor board is necessary.(P/N: AB01-PCIe2SATA). Please ask Design Gateway.
PCIe-SATAx1 adaptor board |
Support Linux system
This SerialATA-IPcore supports Linux system operated on CPU core impremented in FPGA. Design Gateway provide EDK project for Xilinx ML507 board that includes 1-hour limitation bit file and LinuxRAM disk image. * You need NDA before. Go to Download pageAbout Linux device driver development for SerialATA-IPcore, please contact us.
 Able to operate from Linux system on Xilinx ML507 board |
For RAID system
By several SerialATA-IPcore implementation on FPGA, you can achieve RAID system with SerialATA HDD. This IPcore make simple wiring on a board and reducing FPGA I/O pins. It is best solution for RAID system that uses many HDD.Design Gateway provide SerialATA extension adaptor board for ML555 and ML605
that can build RAID system with up to 8 HDD. Moreover Design Gateway have RAID technologies (RAID0,RAID1,RAID5). About integration of SerialATA-IPcore with RAID, please contact us.SerialATA extension adaptor board for Xilinx ML605. It can connect with up to 8 SATA-HDD. (We also provide for ML555) |
 Connection example image |
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