IP Topics

A case study describing validation of the integration of USB3.0 and USB2.0 interface IP that illustrates broader challenges FPGA-based prototyping presents.

Mobile and networking platforms need high bandwidth, low power consumption, and small footprint. These needs drove standards, such as LPDDR4, Wide I/O 2 and Hybrid Memory Cube.

How the HPC company used Synopsys' Lynx Design System to standardise its flow and simplify migration to the next node.

The first of a series of seven articles describing the key details of the USB 3.0 protocol.

A look at the way in which the USB 3.0 Link Layer manages the port-to-port flow of data between the host and the device.

An overview of the USB 3.0 architecture, covering the USB Host, USB Device(s) and USB Interconnect, as well as the related receptacles, plugs and cables.

A first look at the role of the protocol layer in USB 3.0.

A look at the USB 3.0 functional layer, an application layer and system software on the host side, and a logical function and device on the device side.

A look at the role of four types of transaction in the USB 3.0 protocol layer: bulk, control, interrupt and isochronous.

A look at the USB 3.0 physical layer, including the PHY and the physical connection between two ports, which is carried on two differential data pairs.