Product category: Intellectual Property Cores
News Release from: Synopsys | Subject: DesignWare library
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 12 November 2001
Library gains high-speed USB transceiver
The Gain Technology GT3100 USB 2.0 physical layer transceiver (PHY) core has been added to the Synopsys DesignWare library
The Gain GT3100 is fully USB 2.0 Hi-Speed certified by the USB Implementers Forum, ensuring users of complete interoperability with emerging next-generation USB 2.0 enabled PCs and peripherals. The combination of the Gain GT3100 with Synopsys' DesignWare USB 2.0 device controller MacroCell provides more than 25,000 DesignWare users access to a complete USB 2.0 solution.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 November 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This is the first analogue core to be included in the DesignWare Star IP Programme.
"Combining Gain Technology's certified PHY and Synopsys' device controller core in the widely distributed DesignWare library will greatly accelerate the development and deployment of USB 2.0 system-on-chip solutions", said Jason Ziller, USB Implementers Forum chairman.
"The fact that these technology and market leaders have come together to offer complete USB 2.0 IP and integration services provides a strong testimony to the tremendous market opportunity for high-speed USB".
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This device controller core is technology independent and can be targeted to run at all USB 2.0 data rates in FPGAs or ASICs.
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Design views for the Gain GT3100, including the simulation and timing models are included with the DesignWare USB 2.0 core with no additional fees or royalties.
Implementation views, including GDSII, are available for licensing and support from Gain Technology for an additional fee.
"We're pleased to welcome Gain Technology as the first analogue IP vendor in the DesignWare Star IP programme", said Phil Dworsky, director of marketing and business development, IP and systems group at Synopsys.
"By combining our respective analogue and digital design and reuse expertise, we're able to offer designers a complete and easy-to-use USB 2.0 solution in DesignWare".
The GT3100's flexible architecture supports the USB 2.0 480Mbit/s protocol and datarate, and is backward compatible to the USB 1.1 protocol at 12Mbit/s.
At 165mW absolute maximum power dissipation, the GT3100 provides best-in-class power dissipation and is the only solution available for low-power bus powered functions to operate within the 100mA limit imposed by the USB 2.0 standard.
Available today as a licensed core, the GT3100 is initially fabricated on TSMC's 0.18-micron CMOS digital logic process.
Designers can use the fabricated PHY as part of a two-chip design or incorporate the PHY into a complete SoC.
"As the first analogue company to participate in the DesignWare Star IP programme, we offer DesignWare users access to our high-performance USB 2.0 GT3100 core", said Steve Millaway, president of Gain Technology.
"This relationship allows our customers to quickly build and implement next-generation USB solutions".
Available in Q4 2001, the DesignWare USB 2.0 MacroCell will include the Gain GT3100 design views at no additional charge for DesignWare customers.
Implementation views for the GT3100 are licensed and supported through Gain Technology.
A DesignWare one-year technology subscription license (TSL) is priced at $26,844.
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