Evaluation Board

The PB3531-1ESATA300

Evaluation Board is a reference

board that allows OEMs and

system integrators to quickly

bridge from PCI Express to

external Serial ATA and evalu-

ate the performance of the

SiI 3531. Contents include:

Hardware

• SiI3531 reference design

board

Documentation

• Base Operating System

Drivers: 2000/XP, Linux

• SiI 3531 Reference Board

Schematics

• SiI 3531 Data Sheet

• Serial ATA PCB Design

Guide

PCI Express Features

• Supports one-lane, 2.5 Gbps PCI Express

• Compliant with PCI Express 1.0a specification

• Supports hot plug for ExpressCard applica-

tions

• All registers appear in unified memory space

• All registers accessible through I/O space

• Full-chip command completion status accessi-

ble with single PCI Express access

Serial ATA Features

• Integrated Serial ATA transport, link and PHY

logic

• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a specification

with support for SATA II optional features

• Supports 2nd-generation Serial ATA II transfer

rate of 3.0 Gbps

• Plesiochronous, single PLL architecture, with

one PLL

• Signal output amplitude control for external

SATA

• 31 commands and scatter/gather tables

• Protocol override per command

• Independent link, transport and data FIFO

• Independent command fetch, scatter/gather

and command execution

– Hard-coded state machines for streamlined

command execution

– Supports native command queuing and

tagged command queuing

– Supports first-party DMA

– Supports port multipliers with FIS-based

switching under hardware control

• Spread spectrum support

General Features

• Host Protocol

– Optimized for transaction-oriented designs;

minimal host overhead

– Supports two command issuance mecha-

nisms

• Efficient in both embedded and PC implemen-

tations

• Reduces dependency on bridge behavior

Power

• 1.8V PHY/ core and 3.3V I/Os Package

• 48-pin QFN with EPAD

• 7x7 mm (0.4mm lead pitch)

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and other countries. Other trademarks are property of their respective holders. Product specifications are subject to change without notice.

Part Number: SiI3531CNU

SiI PB-59 rev1 8/06

Silicon Image, Inc.

1060 E. Arques Avenue

Sunnyvale, CA 94085

T 408.616.4000

F 408.830.9530

www.siliconimage.com

SiI3531 Block Diagram

Test Pins

PCI

Express

Application

Interface

Port Logic 0

PCI Express

PLL

Configuration

& Global

Registers

Interrupt

Logic

Test Control

SATA PLL

PCI

Express

Serdes

PCI

Express

RxLink

PCI

Express

TxLink

SiI 3531

PCI

Express

Core