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News Release from: Synopsys | Subject: DesignWare mobile storage host controller IP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 April 2006
IP puts mobile storage host controller
on chip
Mobile storage host controller intellectual property features full support for the CE-ATA protocol.
Synopsys has released fully configurable and synthesisable DesignWare mobile storage host controller intellectual property (IP), featuring support for the CE-ATA protocol, for integration in SoCs Synopsys has demonstrated interoperability between the DesignWare mobile storage host controller IP and the Microdrive 3K8 CE-ATA hard drive from Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, facilitating development of products requiring the CE-ATA interface
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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By helping ensure that their products function seamlessly with the CE-ATA interface, customers can improve their time to market by reducing risk and avoiding re-spins of silicon for CE-ATA mobile applications.
The silicon-proven, DesignWare mobile storage host controller IP is configurable to support the CE-ATA, secure digital (SD), and MultiMediaCard (MMC) specifications, which enables designers to choose the appropriate feature set they need from a single IP core.
This flexibility is required for high-capacity electronic mobile devices that supports fixed or removal storage options depending on the target application such as feature-rich smart phones, digital cameras and MP3 players.
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The low power architecture of the DesignWare mobile storage host controller IP supports command completion signals, which reduces power consumption in CE-ATA implementations.
"Hitachi is excited to see efforts that help to hasten the widespread adoption of the CE-ATA interface", said Marcia Bencala, Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Product Planning, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.
"Synopsys' work to show interoperability between the Hitachi Microdrive 3K8 and Synopsys' CE-ATA host controller IP is another step toward developing a strong foundation to advance the CE-ATA standard".
"Synopsys supports the latest connectivity standards, such as CE-ATA, and interoperability testing is an important element for the success of the mobile storage ecosystem", said Guri Stark, Vice President of Marketing for the Solutions Group at Synopsys.
"We work with companies such as Hitachi to demonstrate that the interfaces will interoperate when products are developed, which lowers the integration risk for our mutual customers".
"The DesignWare mobile storage host controller IP will help designers build innovative and power-efficient SoCs for mobile consumer products requiring small form factor disk drives".
CE-ATA is an emerging interface standard that addresses the need for greater storage capacity in small hard-disk drives targeted to consumer electronics products, such as media players (eg MP3, video), digital cameras, and digital camcorders.
CE-ATA is based on a combination of the MultiMediaCard (MMC) electrical interface standard and a highly optimised subset of the ATA command protocol.
Synopsys' DesignWare mobile storage host controller IP with support for CE-ATA, SD and MMC is available now.
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