Re: New PCI card developing

[kevin.sharpe@btinternet.com]

I have used the QuickLogic products with great success.  The PCI cores are fabricated on the silicon so you don't have any PCI place and route issues.  They have a suite of parts from 32bit targets through to 64bit master/targets.  They correctly support universal card design by using dedicated VIO pins (very rare!), and don't have the inherent problem of SRAM configuration (which often exceeds the PCI reset period).  

>  from:    Sergey Platovskikh <sergey.platovskikh@vissim.no>
>  date:    Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:51:34
>  to:      pci-sig@znyx.com
>  subject: Re: New PCI card developing
> 
> We have been using AMCC S5935 for a long time, but it is PCI2.1 compatible
> only, so we expecting some problems (and we have already met) in the newest
> motherboards. Considering this we decided to find a new PCI controller or
> take a PCI core from Altera/PLDA/etc.
> The controller will be connected to Altera APEX chip. Required data rate is
> about 40Mb/s.
> I have checked PLX, Tundra, Galileo, Intel - all of them seems too
> complicated and require complex logic in the Altera chip. PLX9056 seems
> good, but still too complicated (and I haven't foud where to buy it).
> I would really appreciate any advice. May be some other manufacturers are
> producing PCI controllers?
> May be somebody has a successful experience of implementing of PCI cores?
> Can they be used "as is" or two years of investigation will be necessary?
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Sergey Platovskikh
> Hardware development engineer
> VisSim AS
> Sollistrandsveien 12
> Horten, N-3187
> Norway
> tel:  47 33 07 18 91
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> e-mail: sergey.platovskikh@vissim.no
>