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May 18, 2012

PLDA Unveils High-performance Linux, Windows PCI Express Device Drivers

In a computer, a driver communicates with the device with the help of the computer bus to which the hardware connects. The driver issues commands to the device when a calling program invokes a routine in the driver. The driver may invoke routines in the original calling program once the device sends data back to the driver.

PLDA, a provider of interconnect IP, recently unveiled the third-generation Linux and Windows device driver for its PCI (News - Alert) Express intellectual property cores and FPGA design kits. The new drivers provide support for Linux 32-bit and 64-bit distributions apart from Windows XP, Windows 7 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit.

Other features provided with the driver include common API, letting seamless switching between both Linux and Windows operating systems. The C-software API offered with the device drivers consists of both a generic PCIe API and a PLDA-specific API that uses the advanced features of PLDA’s PCIe and DMA IP cores, the company stated in a press release.

“At PLDA, we are heavily focused on optimizing the integration experience of our worldwide customer base,” said Stephane Hauradou, CTO at PLDA. “Providing high-performance Linux and Windows drivers, particularly for the 64-bit operating systems, is an important milestone to accelerating and simplifying integration of PCIe in FPGA designs.”

The device drivers are offered as compiled binaries with every PLDA PCI Express IP core and FPGA design kit. IP licensees can use the device drivers with their own PCIe hardware, and to buy the source code.

Recently, the company unveiled its 10Gb TCP/IP Hardware stack IP core, QuickTCP IP. The solution is 100 percent RTL designed IP, and complies with the IEEE802.3 specification and supporting the ARP, IPv4, ICMP, and TCP protocols.

QuickTCP offers an industry-standard AMBA AXI4 user interface that facilitates instant combination into either Altera-based or Xilinx (News - Alert) based FPGA designs.




Edited by Braden Becker
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