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Date: 26th Aug 2010
GUC acheives first-pass silicon success
in its SSD SOC using Synopsys's SATA IP
Global Unichip Corporation (GUC) has achieved first-pass
silicon success for its GP5080 Solid State Drive (SSD) system-on-chip
(SoC) utilizing the complete Synopsys DesignWare SATA IP
solution, consisting of controller, PHY and verification
IP. GUC says that integrating Synopsys' DesignWare SATA
IP solution into GUC's SSD SoC Platform has enabled them
to focus their internal expertise on delivering their SSD
SoC platform within an aggressive six-month development
time-to-market window.
According to GUC the GP5080 SoC platform, provides designers
with a solution that requires less power than competitive
products and provides high data system throughput of more
than 120 MB/s in sequential read and over 80 MB/s in sequential
write with 4-channel NAND Flash access.
"Low system power consumption is a key requirement
for us. Synopsys' DesignWare SATA IP solution is 50 percent
lower in power and 30 percent lower in area compared to
competitive solutions," said Michael Chang, vice president
of the R&D Division at Global Unichip Corporation. "With
very aggressive time-to-market windows, GUC relies on Synopsys'
high-quality, silicon-proven SATA IP solution which helps
us achieve the first-pass success and meet our project schedule.
Synopsys' DesignWare IP is definitely a brand we can trust."
"As leading companies such as GUC continue to create
innovative products, it's crucial they have access to high-quality
IP that enables them to reduce integration risk and focus
internal resources on their core competencies," said
John Koeter, vice president of marketing for the Solutions
Group at Synopsys. "Synopsys provides our customers
with high-quality interoperable IP solutions that will help
semiconductor companies meet their design goals and deliver
differentiated products to the market faster."
The DesignWare SATA IP offering consists of host and device
digital cores, and PHYs for major foundries from 130nm to
40nm and verification IP that are compliant to SATA (including
eSATA) 2.6/3.0 and AHCI specifications. The SATA IP solution
supports 1.5 Gb/sec, 3 Gb/sec and 6 Gb/sec transfer speeds.
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