NVM Express 1.2 Verification IP
Truechip's NVM EXPRESS Verification IP provides an effective & efficient way to verify the high performance queuing interface and command set optimized for PCIe SSD's.
Truechip's NVM EXPRESS VIP is fully compliant with standard NVM EXPRESS specifications Rev1.2a. This VIP is a light weight VIP with easy plug-and-play interface so that there is no hit on the design cycle time.
Key Benifits
- Available in native SystemVerilog (UVM/OVM/VMM) and Verilog
- Unique development methodology to ensure highest levels of quality
- Availability of Compliance & Regression Test Suites
- 24X5 customer support
- Unique and customizable licensing models
- Exhaustive set of assertions and coverage points with connectivity example for all the components
- Consistency of interface, installation, operation and documentation across all our VIPs
- Provide complete solution and easy integration in IP and SoC environment
Features
- Compliant with NVMe specification Rev1.2a and fully compatible with PCIe specification rev2.0, rev3.0.
- Fully categorized test plan for all kinds of NVMe commands.
- Provides configurable cyclic buffer.
- Supports fused operation.
- Supports the onfly queue creation and deletion.
- NVMe is scalable from client to enterprise applications.
- Compatible with standard driver and development tools
- Logical block data and metadata
- End-to-end data protection (T10 DIF and DIX compatible)
- Security enabled and submission Queue arbitration and QoS
- Firmware update and activation
- Dynamic power management
- Robust error reporting
- Interrupt coalescing configuration/ control
- Capability discovery and configuration
- Unlimited number of outstanding request support
- Up to 64K I/O queues each with up to 64K entries
- 32-bit controller unique command identifier allows 32 up to 2 outstanding commands
- Supports many-core processors without locking
- At most One doorbell write to issue a command
- Fixed size 64B commands and 16B completions enable fast and efficient command decode and execution
- PRP based scatter/gather list allow efficient out-of-order data delivery
- Supports advanced SystemVerilog features like constrained random testing.
- Supports dynamically configurable modes.
- Strong Protocol Monitor with real time exhaustive programmable checks.
- Supports Dynamic as well as Static Error Injection scenarios.
- On the fly protocol checking using protocol check functions, static and dynamic assertion.
- Built in Coverage analysis.
- Provides a comprehensive user API (callbacks) in Monitor, controller and Memory Model BFMs.
- Graphical analyser to show transactions for easy debugging.
Deliverables
- NVM EXPRESS Host/ NVMe Controller
- NVM EXPRESS Monitor and Scoreboard
- Test Environment & Test Suite :
- Basic and Directed Protocol Tests
- Random Tests
- Error Scenario
- Tests Assertions & Coverage Tests
- Compliance Tests
- Integration Guide, User Manual and Release Notes
