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Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: SerialLite
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 November 2003

Lightweight serial protocol optomised
for FPGAs

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SerialLite is a lightweight free open-source serial communications protocol for high-speed point-to-point data transmission.

Released jointly by Altera and Innocor, SerialLite is a lightweight free open-source serial communications protocol for high-speed point-to-point data transmission The new protocol is designed to reduce the footprint, latency, and overhead issues experienced with other serial protocols

Intended for systems used in wireless and wired communications, computer, video broadcast, data storage, industrial, and automation applications, SerialLite offers a rich, scalable feature set including scalable data transfer rates extending into the hundreds of gigabits per second.

Altera and Innocor are also developing an HDL core and reference design to facilitate protocol implementation.

The core will be optimised for