Flash Memory Summit: IPA-PM185-CT Gen-Z Persistent Memory Controller by IntelliProp

IntelliProp, Inc. announced the IPA-PM185-CT, Gen-Z persistent memory controller, code named ‘Cobra.’

This controller combines DRAM and NAND and sits on the Gen-Z fabric, not the memory bus. Cobra has the ability to support byte addressability to DRAM cache and block addressability to NAND flash supporting up to 32GB of DRAM and 6TB of NAND. The firm is a member of the Gen-Z consortium and is working closely with a number of other companies to support the first multi-company Gen-Z demo, showed at Flash Memory Summit.

The company also showed the NVMe host accelerator IP core, the IPC-NV164-HI. This core will find primary application with companies doing FPGA and ASIC designs who need performance connectivity with PCIe based NVMe storage devices. Compliant with the NVMe 1.3 specification, the NVMe host accelerator IP core provides a simple firmware or RTL driven interface for data movement to and from an NVMe endpoint attached to a PCIe link.

“We manage the command and completion queues in hardware to accelerate performance by off-loading the processor from needing to handle numerous interrupts,” said Hiren Patel, VP, business development, IntelliProp. “The NVMe Host Accelerator IP Core is shipping today for all Xilinx and Altera FPGAs including the latest Ultrascale Plus and Arria 10 FPGAs. And for those customers that want acceleration with Linux, IntelliProp has also written a Linux driver to work with the NVMe Host Accelerator IP Core,” continued Mr. Patel.

The company also announced the availability of additional NVMe products for the storage market. The firm has released the IPC-NV171A-BR, NVMe-to-NVMe bridge and the IPP-NV186A-BR, NVMe-to-SATA bridge.

“The NVMe-to-NVMe bridge allows customers to manipulate data or commands from a PCIe root-complex such as a PC to an NVMe drive. The NVMe-to-SATA bridge allows customers to use SATA drives which will enumerate as NVMe drives in the host system,” said Patel.