Synopsys DesignWare supports SATA 6Gbps

MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA: Synopsys Inc. announced that its leading DesignWare SATA Verification IP now supports SATA 6Gbps transfer rates as defined in the draft Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.0 specification.

The third generation of the SATA specification doubles the data transfer rate of the 2.6 specification from 3Gbps to 6Gbps, enabling designers to take advantage of the increased throughput rates to move large amounts of data, such as high resolution photos, videos and music. Designers who want to implement a SATA 6Gbps interface can now use DesignWare Verification IP to significantly speed testbench development time and quickly verify their mass storage system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

The DesignWare Verification IP supports all major simulators and verification languages including Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL and Vera, allowing designers to quickly and efficiently create a comprehensive SATA-based environment. In addition, the Verification IP for SATA delivers up to 5X performance improvement when used with Synopsys' VCS(R) simulation tool. Synopsys' comprehensive solution also includes the silicon-proven DesignWare digital controllers and PHY IP for SATA, providing designers with access to a complete SATA solution from a single IP vendor.