Serial ATA Host Controller: A Hardware Implementation

Author

Fouli, Aliaa R. ; El-Kharashi, M. Watheq ; El-Henawy, Hadia M.

Author_Institution

Mentor Graphics, Cairo

fYear

2006

fDate

Dec. 2006

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

49

Abstract

This paper presents a pilot project in the serial advanced technology attachment interface controllers. It implements the SATA host controller based on the SATA2.5 standard. It shows how to enhance the hardware performance in both the implementation and the verification phases. Complete register transfer logic implementation of the host controller architecture is written in Verilog. PSL assertions are applied to fully test and verify the design. The design is being realized on Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA

Keywords

controllers; field programmable gate arrays; peripheral interfaces; FPGA; SATA2.5 standard; Verilog; Xilinx Virtex-II Pro; field programmable gate array; frame information structure; hardware implementation; property specification language; register transfer logic implementation; serial ATA host controller; serial advanced technology attachment interface controller; Communication cables; Control systems; Field programmable gate arrays; Graphics; Hardware design languages; Logic; Paper technology; Protocols; Real time systems; System-on-a-chip; Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA); Frame Information Structure (FIS); Property Specification Language (PSL);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System-on-Chip for Real-Time Applications, The 6th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0898-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWSOC.2006.348262

Filename

4155258