Starblaze Uses Synopsys DesignWare IP to Launch SSD Controller SoC

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Dec. 12, 2017, Dec. 12, 2017 – I recently wrote an article about Synopsys' DesignWare Security IP for the Internet-of-Things market and was interested to see that a startup, Starblaze Technology, has now used parts of the same IP in its latest Solid-State Drive (SSD) controller. The security IP caught my eye, but the rest of the story really put things into focus. Synopsys was able to provide a one-stop shop experience for Starblaze that combined DesignWare Foundational IP (high performance cores, memories and standard cell logic), DesignWare Security IP (True Random Number Generator) and DesignWare Interface IP (DDR4 and PCI Express 3.1). The icing on the cake was the fact that they provided this IP in a flexible and configurable way that let Starblaze differentiate their product offering while getting all the advantages of using silicon proven IP and first-pass silicon success.

Starblaze, headquartered in Beijing, China, is a relative newcomer to the market being founded in November of 2015. Only two years after being founded, the young startup has used Synopsys' DesignWare IP portfolio to design and launch a new product, their STAR1000 enterprise storage SDD controller, which they claimed met with first-pass silicon success and for which they are already shipping in volume production. That is not a minor feat for a complex multi-core high-speed device.

Starblaze attributes much of their first-pass silicon success to their use of Synopsys DesignWare IP. Their ability to work with Synopsys allowed them to focus on their design while gaining all the advantages of using silicon-proven IP. The STAR1000 SDD controller uses the Synopsys ARC HS38 processor and integrated MetaWare Development toolkit as well as several DesignWare Foundational IP blocks such as high-speed, low-power memories and logic components. Click here to read more ...

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