New interface standards such as PCI-Express Gen3 are delivering unprecedented performance while pushing design to new levels of complexity. Integrating these interfaces into a design requires a deep understanding of the underlying protocols as well as specialized technical skills.
Cadence delivers standards-based controller IP, together with high performance SerDes
PCI-Express
The Cadence® PCI Express Gen3 solution is a fully integrated IP offering with the features and configurability required to optimize your design and meet your performance, power, and cost targets. Cadence has architected a complete PCI Express solution with PHY, controller, verification IP, and design-in kits to provide the lowest-risk path to success.
Cadence's PCIe controller IP provides chip designers with the ability to configure for optimal power, performance, and gate-count requirements for your unique design. Reference controller cores are also available to provide customers with off-the-shelf IP specifically for consumer, enterprise, and mobile applications.
Cadence PCIe Gen3 Hard PHY IP offers SoC integrators the advanced capabilities and support that not only meet, but exceed the most demanding requirements of high-performance design and implementation.
Ethernet
Cadence is the market leader in silicon-proven Ethernet IP solutions, with more than 12 years of expertise and a portfolio spanning 10M legacy applications to the fastest 100G applications. Cadence® Design IP for Ethernet addresses the requirements of the IEEE 802.3 standards with early and efficient IP implementation while also providing maximum flexibility for your networking applications.
High Performance SerDes
Cadence Design Services provides production-proven analog, digital, and mixed-signal IP blocks, tailors them to the customer's specifications, and delivers a self-contained macro that integrates smoothly with the target design environment.
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