10M Ethernet Verification IP
Ensuring flawless chip designs with trusted IP verification solutions
Overview
Silicon Yard’s 10M Ethernet Verification IP offers an effective and efficient way to verify components interfacing with the Ethernet interface of an IP or SoC. Fully compliant with the IEEE 802.3-2022 specification, this Verification IP (VIP) is lightweight and features an easy plug-and-play interface, minimizing impact on the design cycle.
Key Benefits
- Native System Verilog (UVM): Available in native System Verilog (UVM) to streamline integration.
- Quality Development Methodology: Ensures the highest levels of quality.
- Flexible Licensing Models: Unique and customizable to suit varied needs.
- Exhaustive Assertions & Coverage Points: Includes a comprehensive set with connectivity examples for all components.
- Consistency: Uniform interface, installation, operation, and documentation across all VIPs.
- Complete Solution: Easy integration in both IP and SoC environments
Features
- Supports standard MII (Media Independent Interface) interface.
- Supports Full Duplex operation.
- Supports MMD block in all Physical sub-layers.
- Provides STA controller to configure the MMD blocks.
- Supports all types of error injection and detection.
- On-the-fly protocol checking using protocol check functions.
- Performs Clock Data Recovery (CDR) operation on incoming data from below Sub-layer.
- Provides configuration in monitor for both error injection and normal test cases.
- Provides scoreboard for endpoint verification.
- Supports clock and data recovery for all Phy sublayers.
- Provides local loopback & Remote Loopback to/from the service interfaces.
- Supports Jabber functionalities.
- Supports AUI in normal mode of operation.
- Supports the sending of carrier sense and SQE (signal quality error) to the MAC sublayer.
- Supports PLS_PMA (DTE_MAU) interface protocol across AUI.
- Supports Manchester encoding and control encoding to transmit data across AUI.
- Supports the detection of the presence of two or more stations concurrent transmissions.
- Supports Data clocking and Timing control between the DTE and physical medium.
- Supports link integrity monitoring for reliable data transmission.
- Callbacks in RS and Phy layers to provide user control.
- Graphical Protocol layer analyser shows Ethernet data for easy debugging.
- 10BASE-T was one of the earliest Ethernet standards used in networking.
- Uses Manchester Encoding, which provides reliable data transmission.
- Still found in industrial and embedded applications where low speed is sufficient.
- Supported in modern Ethernet devices for backward compatibility.
