Practical Development of Device Drivers Based on PLX PCIe Controllers in VxWorks 7

Practical Development of Device Drivers Based on PLX PCIe Controllers in VxWorks 7

Introduction In industrial control, data acquisition, and communication scenarios, PLX (acquired by Broadcom) PCIe controller chips are widely used. VxWorks 7, as the latest generation of real-time operating systems from Wind River, offers a more modern driver framework – VxBus 2.0. This article will share the complete process of developing PCIe device drivers in the … Read more

TrendForce: NAND Flash Industry Faces Oversupply, 512GB SSD Prices Expected to Drop to New Lows

TrendForce: NAND Flash Industry Faces Oversupply, 512GB SSD Prices Expected to Drop to New Lows

Click the above“blue text”to follow us! According to research from TrendForce’s DRAMeXchange, a global market research organization, the NAND Flash industry is experiencing a significant oversupply this year. SSD manufacturers are engaged in a price war, leading to a sharp decline in prices for PC OEM SSDs. It is expected that the contract average price … Read more

Xilinx PCIe Data Interaction Application (XDMA)

Xilinx PCIe Data Interaction Application (XDMA)

“Based on the XCKU040 development board, this article shares the functionality of data communication and processing between a host computer and FPGA via PCIe. Feel free to communicate; leave a message/private message to obtain the relevant source code.。” FPGA PCIe is commonly used in applications such as data acquisition, communication, and acceleration. This article takes … Read more

Exciting CXL Technology in the Era of Large Memory

Exciting CXL Technology in the Era of Large Memory

Source: Global Semiconductor Observation Author: Wang Kaiqi The increasing cost of storage, along with the more pressing challenges of computational and bandwidth imbalances, have rendered Intel’s PCI-e (PCI Express) technology, introduced two decades ago, increasingly inadequate. We are eagerly anticipating a transformative new technology centered around memory, and the CXL technology based on the PCI-e … Read more

Become an SSD Expert with This Guide

Become an SSD Expert with This Guide

In today’s rapidly advancing technology, computers have long become a part of our daily lives as productivity tools. You have probably encountered issues like slow boot times and lagging. If you search online for solutions, you will often see recommendations to upgrade to a solid-state drive (SSD). When you search for SSDs on shopping platforms, … Read more

Why Serial Interfaces Are Faster Than Parallel Interfaces

Why Serial Interfaces Are Faster Than Parallel Interfaces

Many engineers who started learning with the 51 microcontroller might feel a bit confused by this question. How can a parallel interface, which can send a large amount of parallel data, be slower than a serial interface? The 51 microcontroller also has a parallel port, which is used for driving LCD screens and connecting external … Read more

Setting Up and Demonstrating PCIe Gen4/5 M.2 SSD Fault Injection

Setting Up and Demonstrating PCIe Gen4/5 M.2 SSD Fault Injection

Many domestic laptop manufacturers use the Quarch M.2 fault injection module to test the fault handling and performance of M.2 SSDs when faced with various exceptions from the host. Of course, server manufacturers or evaluation laboratories also frequently use the Quarch PCIe Gen4/5 card fault injection module for various exception and fault injection tests on … Read more

Quarch Hot-Swap Fault Injection Module and PAM Testing Demo

Quarch Hot-Swap Fault Injection Module and PAM Testing Demo

Enterprise-grade SSD hot-swapping is a fundamental feature. Whether installed in servers or supported RAID storage devices, when the system reports a disk failure, it is necessary to remove the faulty drive without shutting down the system and then insert a replacement drive to trigger the system for subsequent data reconstruction processes. This article is accompanied … Read more

How Does the PCIe Bus Work?

How Does the PCIe Bus Work?

PCI Express is a technology that often makes headlines, from the release of every generation of Intel and AMD processors to the recent significant drop in prices of M.2 interface solid-state drives. Therefore, this core bus technology of modern computers, how exactly does it work? PCI vs. PCI Express: High Clock Speeds Determine High Speeds … Read more

FMQL45T900 FPGA Development Board Overview

FMQL45T900 FPGA Development Board Overview

– FM4550 Domestic Development Board Function Interface – – System Block Diagram – 01 – Product Parameters – 1. Main Parameters System 1: FPGA Model: FMQL45T900 PS Core: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7, Frequency 800MHz PS Memory: 1GB DDR3, Data Rate 1066Mbps, 32bit PL Memory: 1GB DDR3, Data Rate 1600Mbps, 32bit GTX Transceiver: 16X Speed Grade: Comparable … Read more