Silicon Building Blocks for Blade Server Designs

Silicon Building Blocks for Blade Server Designs

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Agenda

• Several Interface choices• One set doesn’t fit all application needs• Key Silicon Building blocks for Blade

servers– PCI Express– Hypertransport – Rapid IO– Advanced Switching– 10 G Ethernet

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Several Interface Choices• Load Store and messaging

– PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express– HyperTransport– RapidIO

• Back plane – Ethernet– PCI, PCI-Express– RapidIO– Infiniband– Advanced Switching..

• Memory– SDR, DDR1, DDR2

• Networking– Ethernet, SPI4..

• Storage– SATA, FC, SAS

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One set doesn’t fit all

There are many factors which influence the selection of interfaces:

– Processor selection– Cost– Performance (bandwidth, pins, latency..)– High availability needs– Availability of IP blocks and ICs– Software complexity and compatibility

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SSO for Key Building Blocks

SPI Phase 4.2

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Configurations of Key Building Blocks

HyperTransport

Cave

Tunnel

Host

Bridge

PCI Express

Endpoint

Root Complex

Switch port

Ethernet

10/100/1G MAC

10G MAC

SPI 4.2

Single channel

Multi channelAS

Endpoint

Switch port

PI-2, PI-8

RapidIO

Serial

Parallel

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Criteria for Silicon Building Blocks

Total Solution

Service Enabled

Quality

Highly Configurable

System Validated

Validation services

Supports multiple technologies

Cuts design time

Inter-operability tested

Customization services Implementation services

Supports multiple Tool flows Supports multiple Applications

Cuts verification time Offers complementary IPs

compliance certification

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IP approach with system perspective

HyperTransportPCI-Express

PCI-Express

PCI-X

RapidIO

PIPE

HT Probes

Debug connectors

IP under validationEthernet

ASI

ASI

PCIE Probe

NGIO Platform for:System level validationInteroperability testingCompliance certificationProtocol bridge validationSwitch validationPHY interoperability testing

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About GDA• Founded in 1996• Electronic Design Services for compute, networking

and consumer markets• Silicon IP Supplier of interconnect technologies

– PCI-Express, Hypertransport, Rapid IO– SPI 4.2, Ethernet, Advanced switching

• Significant experience in ATCA and Server designs• Board, ASIC, FPGA design services• One of the fastest growing private companies in US

– 284th Inc 500 list of year 2002• 250 employees