1. Silicon Building Blocks for Blade Server Designs accelerate your Innovation

2. 2 Agenda Several Interface choices One set doesn’t fit all application needs Key Silicon Building blocks for Blade servers –PCI Express –Hypertransport –Rapid IO –Advanced Switching –10 G Ethernet

3. 3 Several Interface Choices Load Store and messaging –PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express –HyperTransport –RapidIO Back plane –Ethernet –PCI, PCI-Express –RapidIO –Infiniband –Advanced Switching.. Memory –SDR, DDR1, DDR2 Networking –Ethernet, SPI4.. Storage –SATA, FC, SAS

4. 4 One set doesn’t fit all There are many factors which influence the selection of interfaces: –Processor selection –Cost –Performance (bandwidth, pins, latency..) –High availability needs –Availability of IP blocks and ICs –Software complexity and compatibility

5. 5 SSO for Key Building Blocks SPI Phase 4.2

6. 6 Configurations of Key Building Blocks HyperTransport Cave Tunnel Host Bridge PCI Express Endpoint Root Complex Switch port Ethernet 10/100/1G MAC 10G MAC SPI 4.2 Single channel Multi channel AS Endpoint Switch port PI-2, PI-8 RapidIO Serial Parallel

7. 7 Criteria for Silicon Building Blocks Total Solution Service Enabled Quality Highly Configurable System Validated Validation services Supports multiple technologies Cuts design time Inter-operability tested Customization services Implementation services Supports multiple Tool flows Supports multiple Applications Cuts verification time Offers complementary IPs compliance certification

8. 8 IP approach with system perspective HyperTransport PCI-Express PCI-X RapidIO PIPE HT Probes Debug connectors IP under validation Ethernet ASI PCIE Probe NGIO Platform for: System level validation Interoperability testing Compliance certification Protocol bridge validation Switch validation PHY interoperability testing

9. 9 About GDA Founded in 1996 Electronic Design Services for compute, networking and consumer markets Silicon IP Supplier of interconnect technologies –PCI-Express, Hypertransport, Rapid IO –SPI 4.2, Ethernet, Advanced switching Significant experience in ATCA and Server designs Board, ASIC, FPGA design services One of the fastest growing private companies in US –284th Inc 500 list of year 2002 250 employees