Arasan Announces SD Card UHS-II PHY IP for 12nm SoC Designs

Arasan Chip Systems a leading provider of semiconductor IP expands it’s SD CARD UHS-II PHY offering with PHY for 12nm designs in addition to 16nm and 28nm designs.

June 19, 2018 -- San Jose, CA -- Arasan today announced the immediate availability of its SD Card UHS-II PHY for 12nm SoC designs compliant to the latest 4.1 Specification supporting speeds of up to 3.12 Gbps. The design can be enhanced to support the latest SD Card UHS-III PHY upon customer request. Arasan’s UHS-II PHY is silicon proven on TSMC 12nm with immediate availability of Test Chips as well as a SD Card UHS-II PHY HDK for those wishing to build prototype platforms.

Arasan joined as an executive member of the SD Association in 2001. The first IP Product we announced for the SD standards was the SDIO Device Controller IP followed by the Standard SD Host Controller IP. The SD IP Product line remains Arasan’s most successful product line to date.

The SD Card standard is gaining rapid adoption in automobiles and drones to store data from their high resolution cameras where higher access speeds and storage are required.

Availability

The SD Card UHS-II PHY is available immediately for 12nm, 16nm and 2nm SoC Designs. Test Chips fabricated on TSMC 12nm foundry node along with the characterization reports are available for customers to evaluate our IP and build prototype SD Cards or SD Host platforms.

About Arasan

Arasan Chip Systems is a leading provider of Total IP Solutions for mobile, automobile and Drone SoC’s. Arasan’s high-quality, silicon-proven, Total IP Solutions include digital IP cores, analog PHY interfaces, verification IP, hardware verification kits, protocol analyzers, software stacks and drivers, and optional customization services for mobile connectivity and storage standards. Arasan’s Total IP products serve system architects and chip design teams in applications that require silicon-proven, validated IP, delivered with the ability to integrate and verify both digital, analog and software components in the shortest possible time with the lowest risk.

SD Association

The SD Association is a global ecosystem of nearly 900 technology companies charged with setting interoperable SD standards. The Association encourages the development of consumer electronic, wireless communication, digital imaging and networking products that utilize market-leading SD technology. The SD standard is the number one choice for consumers and has earned more than 80 percent of the memory card market with its reliable interoperability and its easy-to-use format. Today, smart phones, tablets, Blu-ray players, HDTVs, audio players, automotive multimedia systems, handheld PCs, digital cameras and digital video cameras feature SD interoperability. For more information about SDA or to join, please visit the Association’s website, https://www.sdcard.org.