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SATA Bridge IP Core

Silicon-proven, hardware-accelerated SATA bridging logic designed to enable seamless inline protocol translation, data isolation, and high-throughput connectivity between host and device networks.

The IntelliProp IPP-SA110-BR SATA Bridge IP Core is a production-hardened, high-efficiency design product engineered to enable seamless inline protocol bridging, data manipulation, and hardware-level isolation between SATA hosts and devices. Operating fully within the hardware logic fabric, this core acts as an intelligent intermediary, routing data paths at deterministic, line-rate speeds with near-zero latency overhead.

Building custom security monitors, protocol analyzers, or inline data translation modules between a standard host and a solid-state drive can introduce crippling software latencies and architectural complexities. The IPP-SA110-BR solves this by abstracting the lower-level signaling. It provides developers with a structured, hardware-accelerated gateway to intercept, analyze, or transform storage commands and data streams safely in real time.

Fully compliant with standard Serial ATA industry specifications, the IPP-SA110-BR eliminates the need for processor-intensive software bridging stacks. Its clean, fully synchronous RTL design ensures predictable timing closure and high-reliability deployment across ruggedized military data recorders, aerospace monitoring systems, and secure enterprise data isolation frameworks.

Features

  • Protocol-Level Bridging: High-performance hardware logic engineered to act as a seamless inline gateway between standard SATA hosts and targets.
  • Deterministic Throughput: Maintains line-rate serial storage speeds across the bridge path with minimal, sub-microsecond latency propagation.
  • Automated Link Management: Dual-sided hardware state machines manage independent speed negotiation and link alignment on both host and device boundaries.
  • Isolated Data Pathways: Features decoupled internal FIFO buffering to provide safe, clean clock-domain crossings and robust signal isolation.
  • Inline Customization Hooks: Architecture provides accessible hooks for integrating proprietary data encryption, command filtering, or telemetry logging logic.
  • Full Speed Interoperability: Native hardware alignment supporting standard SATA 1.5 Gb/s, 3.0 Gb/s, and high-speed 6.0 Gb/s link rates seamlessly.
  • Flexible PHY Interfacing: Integrates smoothly with a wide range of industry-standard transceiver layers via SerDes, PIPE, or SAPIS configurations.
  • Comprehensive Verification: Extensively validated using a coverage-driven verification methodology in pseudo-random simulation environments to guarantee production-grade stability.
  • Synchronous Design Layout: Clean, fully synthesizable RTL structure tailored for quick placement, routing, and timing closure across major FPGA and ASIC families.

Deliverables

  • Production-Ready Maturity: Extensively verified using a coverage-driven methodology in pseudo-random simulation environments.
  • Flexible Delivery: Fully synthesizable RTL optimized for clean timing closure across modern FPGA and custom ASIC architectures.
  • 100% U.S.-Based Engineering: All design, technical integration, and post-sales support are handled directly by our primary engineering teams operating out of our Longmont, Colorado facilities.
  • Defense-Industry Compliant: Development workflow and documentation adhere to standards required for U.S. defense, aerospace, and ITAR-controlled integration.

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