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eSPI LPC Bridge IIP

Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface LPC Bridge IIP

eSPI LPC Bridge IIP

Overview

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

The SivaKali Tech eSPI LPC Bridge IIP is a highly reliable, silicon-proven IP core designed for high-performance system integration. Engineered to meet strict industry compliance standards, this core offers exceptional flexibility and ease of integration into both ASIC and FPGA designs. The backbone of system control and peripheral connectivity for any SoC. Validated on leading FPGA platforms and foundry nodes, it provides a low-risk, time-to-market advantage for developers.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Ultra-Low Gate Count: Extremely efficient implementation, negligible impact on total SoC area.

Simple Integration: Standard AMBA (APB/AHB) or AXI-Lite interfaces for plug-and-play system connectivity.

Proven Reliability: Thousands of production deployments ensuring rock-solid stability.

Driver Support: Includes bare-metal and Linux drivers to accelerate software development.

FEATURES
  • Compliant with version 1.1 LPC Interface Specifications and eSPI base specification as defined in Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) Specification rev.1.5
  • Converts eSPI Peripheral Channel Transactions into LPC Memory write or read instructions
  • Supports full LPC host capability
  • Supports eSPI Slave (Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface)
    • Supports single, dual and quad eSPI data line
    • Supports different types of resets as per spec,
    • eSPI reset from Master to Slave
    • eSPI reset from Slave to Master
    • In-band reset command
    • Supports TX and RX operations as per specs
    • Supports below transaction phases
    • Command Phase
    • Turn-Around Phase
    • Response Phase
    • Supports below multiple channels
    • Peripheral Channel
    • Virtual Wires Channel
    • Supports CRC checking
  • Supports LPC Master Interface
    • Supports Serial IRQ Interface
    • Support a variable number of wait-states
    • Supports following frames for LPC:
    • I/O write
    • I/O read
    • Memory write
    • Memory read
  • various kinds of errors detection and handling
  • Fully synthesizable
  • Static synchronous design
  • Positive edge clocking and no internal tri-states
  • Scan test ready
  • Simple host interfaces enable straightforward integration with microcontrollers and application processors
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

CORE: Core module interconnects all the sub-modules in the eSPI LPC Bridge IP. Ports of core module are the top level ports for the eSPI LPC Bridge IP.

FSM: FSM module receives the transactions from the eSPI Bus and process the serial data. This blocks implements all the features of eSPI specs. The information related to slave initiated is stored in Slave Tx FIFO before transaction starts and stores informations related to master initiated in Slave Rx FIFO. Transmission occurs independently any action of the Slave module.

VIRTUAL WIRE: Virtual wire module has the logic blocks to detect the changes in virtual wire input lines. When it detects the change in VW input line, it alerts the FSM to drive the alert signal and it also drives the VW changed data input FSM to drive it in a response phase of GET VW Command. Also it clears the change_detect signal based on the signal driven from FSM block on the reception of GET VW command. After clearing the change detect signal, if it detects the change in VW input again it repeats the above processes. This block works only when VW Channel enable configuration is enabled.

LPC-FSM: LPC - FSM module initiates LPC Host transactions on Host based ,Start opcodes from CSR block.

PRESCALER: Prescaler module is used to drive the Serial LPC clock from the system clock based on the programmed clock divider value.

SERIRO: This module controls to drive and sample the SERIRQ# signal to indicate LPC Interrupts to software.

BRIDGE: This Bridge FSM module helps to convert eSPI Slave command to LPC commands. Bridge module decodes the informations from FIFO by giving pop signal,those received informations are converted into LPC Frames and starts triggering LPC FSM by pending to LPC Host.

CSR: CSR module has all the registers. The contents of the registers are decoded and assigned to its respective output ports based on its functionality.

ASIC AND FPGA IMPLEMENTATION
ASIC TechnologyLogic ResourcesSystem Clock FrequencySCK Clock Frequency
TSMC 28nm11.43K264MHz66MHz
UMSC 55nm20.09K264MHz66MHz
SMIC 40nm12.18K264MHz66MHz

FPGA Device and FamilyLogic ResourcesClock Frequency
AMD-xcvu9p-flga2104-2L-e51685 LUT's100MHz

LICENSING OPTIONS
  • Single Site license for regional development teams.
  • Multi-Site license for global corporate deployments.
  • Single Design license for specific project cost-efficiency.
  • Unlimited Design license for high-volume product roadmaps.
DELIVERABLES
  • Complete Verilog/VHDL/SystemC Source Code.
  • UVM-compliant verification environment with a comprehensive test suite.
  • Production-ready synthesis, Lint, and CDC scripts.
  • IP-XACT RDL generated address maps.
  • Standard-compliant firmware and Linux/C driver packages.
  • Detailed documentation: User Guides, Release Notes, and ISO 26262 Safety Manual (SAM)/FMEDA.