Rambus Demonstrates Industry-First PCIe® 5.0 Digital Controller IP for FPGAs
August 30, 2021 at 05:00 pm EDT
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Rambus Inc. announced that Rambus has demonstrated its PCI Express® (PCIe) 5.0 digital controller IP on leading FPGA platforms. PCIe 5.0 performance at 32 GT/s in FPGAs using a soft controller is an industry first, and another demonstration of technical leadership from Rambus. This capability expands the use models of FPGAs by enabling multi-instance, switching and bridging applications and accelerates the performance of FPGAs used in defense, networking, and test and measurement markets. Features of the Rambus PCIe 5.0 Digital Controller: Verified on leading FPGA platforms, Supports up to 32 GT/s data rates, Backwards compatible to PCIe 4.0 and 3.1/3.0, Supports Endpoint, Root-port, Dual-mode, and Switch-port configurations, Supports up to 64 Physical Functions (PF), 512 Virtual Functions (VF), Supports AER, ECRC, ECC, MSI, MSI-X, multi-function, crosslink, DOE, CMA over DOE, and other optional features and ECNs.
Rambus Inc. is a provider of chips, silicon intellectual property (IP) and innovations that address the fundamental challenges of accelerating data and enabling critical performance improvements for data center and other growing markets. It offers a balanced and diverse portfolio of solutions across chips, silicon IP and patent licensing. Its Rambus Double Data Rate (DDR) memory interface chips for server memory modules enable increased bandwidth and expanded capacity in enterprise and cloud servers. Its portfolio includes DDR5 and DDR4 memory interface chipsets. Its DDR5 chipset solution includes the Registering Clock Driver (RCD), Serial Presence Detect Hubs (SPD Hub) and Temperature Sensors (TS). Rambus Silicon IP includes interface and security IP solutions that move and protect data in advanced data center, government and automotive applications. It sells memory interface chips directly and indirectly to memory module manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).