Why Choose a Snowbush PCI Express^® or SATA PHY?

Our PCI Express® and SATA PHY technology has an extensive production record, with tens of millions shipped for multiple end customers and multiple technologies in the hard drive market alone. Plus, each one comes with flexible licensing terms and our unique commitment to integration, customization and other design support.

Snowbush PCI Express® or SATA PHYs include several important features and advantages designed to ensure the successful integration these high performance I/Os into your ASIC products:

• Innovative hybrid approach emulates tried and true analog architecture using predominantly digital circuits.
• Extensive use of digital calibration where practically every important analog parameter is adjusted, most automatically at startup, results in fast error-free porting to multiple technologies.
• Excellent jitter performance due to extensive use of on-chip regulation.
• Includes fractional-n synthesis, allowing for non-integer reference frequencies and frequency-spreading.
• Single or multi-lane configurations.
• Availability in 65nm (including 65LP), 80nm, 90nm (including 90LP), 130nm and 150nm.
• Serial PHY technology that supports PCI Express® Gen 2 applications.

For more details, including availability, custom solutions and PCI Express® Gen 2 applications, please contact sales.