IP Socket Spec Sees Revision

March 31, 2003

Drawing on the collective experience of SoC designers and EDA tool vendors with the standard for IP core interfaces, or "sockets," the Open Core Protocol International Partnership has released version 2.0 of the OCP Specification. It includes a model for write transfers that provides for precise end-to-end responses, an enhanced burst model for both burst length and packet-style transfers, support for specification of endian-ness, and support for user-defined in-band command data and response extensions that support features such as parity and error-correction codes. EDA vendors and IP suppliers are already developing tools and products. Download the spec at www.ocpip.org.

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David Maliniak

MWRF Executive Editor

In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.