CSSP Solutions

The ArcticLink® and PolarPro® Solutions Platform’s programmable fabric customizable building blocks provide a compact, single-chip solution that:

  • Reduces BOM costs
  • Saves board space
  • Eases system-level design trade-offs
  • Improves the end product’s time-to-market and time-in-market
Storage
IDE/P-ATA Host Controller supports
  • All 1” and 1.8” IDE/P-ATA HDDs
  • Data throughput of up to 33 MByte/sec with UDMA
  • Lower processor overhead for ATA timing and polling operation
CE-ATA Host Controller supports
  • 4-bit and 8-bit CE-ATA HDDs
  • CE-ATA 1.1 compliant peripheral interface at speeds up to 52 MHz
  • Hardware implementation for CMD-60 and CMD-61 to lower host processor overhead
NAND Flash Controller supports
  • Single Level Cell (SLC) NAND flash with 2-bit hardware ECC/EDC
  • Hardware support for wear leveling and bad block management
Secure Digital (SD) Card Host Controller supports
  • Secure Digital 2.0 standard with support for Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC)
  • 1-bit and 4-bit operation at speeds of up to 52 MHz
Compact Flash (CF) Host Controller supports
  • 8-bit and 16-bit Compact Flash interface
  • Memory and I/O modes for CF card and peripherals
  • True IDE mode for CF micro hard drives
Multimedia Card (MMC) Controller supports
  • MMC 4.1 standard for MMC and high capacity SIM card
  • 1-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit operation with speeds up to 52 MHz
Memory Stick (MS) Controller supports
  • Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro standards
  • Theoretical maximum data transfer rate of 480 Mbps
  • 4-bit, 8-bit and serial interface widths
Managed NAND Controller with Boot Capability supports
  • Elimination of the need for NOR Flash in the system
  • Booting from any SD/MMC-based Managed NAND device with support for SDHC devices of 4 GBytes and above
  • SD/MMC controller is SD 2.0 compliant with support for SDHC devices for Managed NAND densities of 4 GBytes and above
  • Supports the latest eMMC standard
  • Supports multiple SD/SDIO/MMC devices or cards on the same bus
Optical Drive Controller (ATAPI) supports
  • CD and DVD ROM connectivity (ATAPI)
  • Enhanced support for simultaneous DVD ROM and hard disk drives
  • Throughput of greater than 13 MByte/sec
  • Off-loading the application processor from managing the overhead of ATA timing and polling operations
Network

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Host Controller supports
  • Hi-speed USB 2.0 OTG with integrated high-speed PHY
  • 12-signal ULPI interface available through programmable fabric
  • 8 KByte SRAM on-chip buffer to improve data transfer performance
  • Dedicated DMA controller to off-load CPU from heavy data transfer and manipulation
High-Speed SDIO Controller supports
  • High-speed SDIO host controller with clock frequency up to 52 MHz
  • Compliance with the latest Secure Digital 2.0 standard
  • SPI, 1-bit and 4-bit modes
  • Rx/Tx FIFOs for higher performance and throughput
  • DMA support for reducing processor bus utilization
MiniPCI for Ethernet, Wi-Fi/WiMAX Controller supports
  • Leveraging of low-cost PCI-based Wi-Fi modules
  • Up to 264 MByte/sec PCI bus performance, zero wait states
  • Master and target functions for 32-bit data at speeds of 33 and 66 MHz
  • Full compliance to PCI specification 2.3, and Cardbus and Compact PCI compatible
SPI Controller supports
  • High-speed SPI master controller with clock frequency up to 52 MHz
  • Low cost, low pin count wireless connectivity solution
  • Simple driver architecture customizable to enhance Wi-Fi performance
Bluetooth 2.x + EDR High-Speed UART supports
  • High-speed UART supporting Bluetooth 2.x with up to 4 Mbit/sec data rate
  • Configurable baud rate customized for different application requirements
  • Configurable flow control and FIFO access
SDIO Client supports
  • SD v2.0 and SDIO v1.2 compliance with multifunction SDIO support
  • SD 1 bit, SD 4 bit and SPI mode up to 50 MHz
  • Hot insertion/removal, interrupt, Read Wait, Suspend, and Resume
  • CRC7/CRC16
USB Hub supports
  • Hi-Speed USB upstream port with built-in Hi-Speed USB PHY
  • Each downstream port supporting Full-Speed at 12 MByte/sec and Low-Speed at 1.5 Mbit/sec operation
  • Customizable number of downstream ports
  • Transaction Translator (TT) optimized for maximum bandwidth utilization
Video and Imaging
Visual Enhancement Engine Technology (VEE™) support
  • TV-quality visual experience in mobile devices through dynamic range control
  • Greatly enhanced image and video quality even under low backlight or bright ambient conditions
  • Dramatically improved battery life by reducing backlight
MDDI v1.2 Type 2 Client supports
  • Most recent MDDI client interface for forward and reverse data transmission that supports forward video, forward audio, reverse pointer device, and reverse keyboard device.
  • MDDI register read/write access to internal registers, serial peripheral controllers, frame buffer and programmable fabric.
MIPI DSI with Built-in D-PHY supports
  • Display standard develop by the MIPI alliance; up to WVGA resolution
  • Serial interface to reduce pin count, power and cost
  • Lower noise and much improved reliability through hinge of clamshell, swivel and slider phones
X/Y Swap supports
  • X/Y Swap Operation
  • Frame rate conversion for VGA, NTSC and PAL
  • Power management for stopping all subsystem clocks and shutting down the SDRAM frame buffer
  • Configuration from the host application processor via I2C-compatible bus
High-Definition LCD Controller supports
  • Configurable resolution up to 1024x768
  • Programmable display aspect ratio
  • Configurable vertical and horizontal scan frequencies
  • Maximum color depth of 24 bits per pixel
  • Embedded SRAM/(Mobile) SDRAM/DDR-SDRAM controller for frame buffer
Intelligence
Direct Memory Access (DMA) supports
  • Fully customizable DMA controller
  • Lower CPU utilization
Smart Programmable Integrated Data Aggregator (SPIDA) supports
  • Onboard intelligence that enables direct port-to-port data transfers, without involving the host CPU bus
  • Significantly improved speed for large file transfer, enhancing user experience and increasing battery life
  • Aggregation of multiple, independent data paths
  • Interface-standard agnostic via multiple proven system blocks and programmable fabric
  • Significantly simplified connections to multiple standard devices via one data pipe to host
Security and Custom Options
Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) supports
  • C2 cipher algorithm implemented in hardware
  • Working in conjunction with QuickLogic SD/SDIO or P-ATA host controllers
  • Key stored securely in hardware
  • Optimization for SD-Video performance
Serial ID supports
  • Secure numeric ID, as long as 256 bits can be implemented in the programmable fabric of any PolarPro or ArcticLink Solution Platform
  • Unique number in each CSSP device controlled by a list of desired values provided by OEM/ODM
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) supports
  • 300Mbps full duplex throughput
  • Hardware implementation giving significant performance advantage over software
Keyboard Controller supports
  • Keyboards with 16x8, 12x8 or other matrix
  • Multiple, simultaneous keystrokes
PS2 supports
  • Mouse
  • Touch Pad
PWM supports
  • LED control