SGPIO Verification IP

Truechip's SGPIO Verification IP provides an effective & efficient way to verify the components interfacing with an IP or SoC. Truechip's SGPIO VIP is fully compliant with the latest SFF-8485 specification. This VIP is a lightweight with an easy plug-and-play interface so that there is no hit on the design cycle time. 

Key Benefits

• Available in native SystemVerilog (UVM/OVM/VMM) and Verilog
• Unique development methodology to ensure the highest levels of quality
• Availability of Conformance and Regression Test Suites
• 24x5 customer support
• Unique and customizable licensing models
• Exhaustive set of assertions and cover points
• With connectivity example for all the components
• Consistency of interface, installation, operation and documentation across all our VIPs
• Provide a complete solution and easy integration in IP and SoC environments.
• On-the-fly protocol checking using protocol check functions, static and dynamic assertion.
• Provides a comprehensive user API (callbacks).
• Graphical analyzer for easy debugging, regression analysis, performance, statistics, charts and automatic integration.

Features

• Compliant with SFF-8485 specification.
• Support SGPIO Initiator and SGPIO Target functionality.
• Support bit stream structure.
• Supports a configurable number of hard disk.
• Supports operating frequency from 32 Hz to 100 KHz.
• Supports SClock, SLoad, SDataOut, and SDataIn controllability.
• Support indicator control:
  • Activity
  • Locate
  • Error
• SGPIO initiator includes two independent blink generators:
  • Generator A
  • Generator B
• SGPIO initiator operates in two modes:
  • Normal
  • General Purpose
• Supports different types of registers:
  • Configuration registers
  • Receiver registers
  • General purpose receiver registers
  • Transmitter registers
  • General purpose transmitter registers
• Support for callbacks in the initiator, target and monitor.
• Built in coverage analysis.

Deliverables

• SGPIO Initiator
• SGPIO Target
• SGPIO Monitor
• Test Environment & Test Suite:
  • Basic and Directed Protocol Tests
  • Random Tests
  • Error Scenario Tests
  • Cover Point Tests
• Documents:
  • Integration Guide
  • User Manual
  • Quickstart Guide, Release Notes
  • FAQs