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iVDR, the New Favorite for Multimedia Storage
-ACARD provides various chip solutions for iVDR
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 Now there is a new choice for multimedia storage. Since May, 2002 Canon, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Phoenix, Pioneer, Sanyo, Sharp and Victor have been promoting iVDR (Information Versatile Disk for Removable usage), a new generation storage interface. It has become your best choice in multimedia storage. A symposium for iVDR was held in Tokyo on December 19, 2006. On the meeting many members like Sanyo, Sharp, Hitachi, Hitachi Maxell, I-O Data, Toyota Motor, Seagate, etc. talked about the trend and application of iVDR. ACARD, one of the members, also presented a series of solutions for iVDR chip, including PCI, IDE, USB, etc. These solutions impressed the members. All expected them to come soon.
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 - What is iVDR?
"iVDR " stands for Information Versatile Disk for Removable usage. Two specifications have been set for iVDR, one for the cartridge type designed with consideration for portability and the other for the built-in type which is mounted inside equipment.
- The cartridge type realizes ubiquitous applications with transferring of content made possible between equipment in homes, on vehicles, or in portable equipment.
- The built-in type enables increasing the capacity of built-in hard disks of digital TVs or hard disk recorders easily.
- Both types while being removable, enable large capacity recording and high speed random access which are possible only with hard disk drives.
- Interface is based on Serial ATA and copes with a high speed transfer rate of 1.5 Gbps.
- By using a multiple number of units, the user may easily build up even servers that possess Tera-Byte capacity.
- For protection of contents of videos, audios, etc., SAFIA*1 (Security Architecture for Intelligent Attachment) is used. iVDRs mounting this SAFIA are called iVDR-Secure.
- iVDR application
Especially, iVDR-Secure aims to become a standard media for the realization of an ubiquitous society which processes copyright content of image, music and programs etc. in common over a wide field of AV equipment and PCs including home appliances, mobile equipment, and vehicle mounted equipment.
Figure 3: iVDR application
- What is SAFIA?
This is a content protection technology for digital TVs, digital audio, etc. offered by SAFIA License Group.(http://www.safia-lb.com)。
The technology is acknowledged by the Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (D-pa) and the Association for Promotion of Satellite Broadcasting (BPA) as a "Content protection method for removable recording media, mountable on receiving equipment," and is reflected in the technical report TR-B14 and TR-B15 of the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB).
For development or commercializing of iVDR-Secure related equipment, it is necessary to conclude a separate contract with SAFIA License Group and receive SAFIA related specifications.
Figure 4：iVDR-Secure structure
- Outline of iVDR cartridge type
Figure 5：Outline of different iVDR
- iVDR Specification
Figure 6：iVDR specification
Figure 7：iVDR Technical Specification
Figure 8: ACARD offered iVDR chip solutions on the iVDR Symposium
Figure 9: Compatible with iVDR and IDE peripherals via ACARD ATP8620, PCI-to-iVDR/SATA II+IDE IC
- ACARD iVDR Chip Solution
- PCI iVDR Solution
- General
- iVDR drive compatible
- Spread-Spectrum Clock (SSC) tolerance
- I2C interface in Master/Slave mode
- 2 SATA ports with 3Gbps maximum data rate on each port
- 1 PATA channel capable of connecting 2 PATA devices (Master/Slave)
- 32bit PCI-X with burst data rate 533MB/s @ 133MHz
- Compliant with PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification Rev1.1
- Supporting Dual Address Cycle (DAC)
- Supporting AHCI to reduce CPU overhead
- 1.8V/3.3V power supply
- 128-pin QFP package
- SATA Interface
Conforming to Gen1i/Gen1m and Gen2i/Gen2m standard
- 1.5/3.0Gbps data rate on each SATA port
- Hot Plug function
- Supports FIS-based switching (Port Multiplier 1.1)
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
- IDE Interface
- Conforming to ATA-7 specification
- Supporting PIO mode 0, 1 ,2, 3, 4
- Supporting multiword DMA mode 0, 1, 2
- Supporting Ultra DMA mode 0 to 6 with data rate up to 133MB/s
Figure 10: The IDE host can connect iVDR peripheral via ACARD ARC772, IDE-to-iVDR/
SATA II IC
- IDE iVDR Solution
- Serial ATA 1.5G/3.0Gbps PHY
- Spread-Spectrum Clock (SSC) tolerance ATA/ATAPI PIO mode 0 to 4
- Ultra DMA mode 0 to 7 up to 200MB/s data transfer rates
- ATA/ATAPI Master/Slave emulation
- ATA/ATAPI PACKET command set
- LBA48 addressing mode, associated with 2-byte Sector Count register
- Serial ATA power saving mode
- Serial ATA hot-plug
- Reverse pin order option providing flexible PCB layout placement
- 8V/3.3V power supply
- 64-pin TQFP package
Figure 11: The USB host can connect iVDR peripheral via ACARD ARC286, USB-to-iVDR/
SATA II IC
- USB iVDR Solution
- iVDR drive compatible
- Built-in high-speed RISC micro-controller
- One USB 2.0 interface with transfer rate up to 480Mb/s
- Four SATA 1.5Gbps/3Gbps ports
- One IDE port capable of connecting 2 devices (Master/Slave)
- Configurable I/O ports, capable of connecting 4-SATA devices or
- 2-SATA+2-IDE devices at the same time
- Programmable IDE access modes
- PIO mode 0 to 4
- Multiword DMA mode 0, 1, 2
- Ultra DMA mode 0 to 6 with data rate up to 133MB/sec
- Supporting debug mode for external micro processor or ICE(In-Circuit Emulator)
- Flash ROM update via USB 2.0 interface
- 18μm mixed signal process
- 208 QFP package
The materials above are digested from the iVDR Symposium. For more information, please visit the official website of iVDR www.ivdr.org
ABOUT ACARD Technology Corp.
ACARDis a dedicated storage IC designer and SCSI/IDE as well as RAID card manufacturer in Taiwan. ACARD’s products are marketed to PC, Macintosh, Unix, and Linux workstation and server users around the world. As ACARD has been engaging in SCSI hardware development and design for years, it knows what the market demands and how to cater to customers’ needs. Since 1999 ACARD has been developing key technologies to win the fast growing network storage market, and focusing on the protection and management of critical data on storage equipment. ACARD’s products are available through its distributors worldwide.
For product and reselling information, please contact ACARD Technology Corp. by Tel: 886 (2) 8512 2290, Fax: 886 (2) 8512 2548,e-mail:sales@acard.com or the Website:www.acard.com
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