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17 years ago

SATA I/F on a stratix II

Hi everyone, I'm looking to add a sata interface to a stratix II and was wondering: Does anyone know of an stratix II eval board that has a sata interface ? Has anyone successfully impl...
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16 years ago

As far as I see, S2GX transceivers are missing some features needed for SATA/SAS interface, e.g. the off-band signaling circuit. They are available with Arria II or Stratix IV.

Cause SATA interfaces are mostly included with today's PC chipsets and other mass market components, there's a limited choice of suitable SATA PHYs or controllers. The most easy solution is possibly a cheap PATAtoSATA bridge chip.