The document presents an overview of eMMC 5.0, highlighting its market adoption with new processors and smartphones, and its evolution in performance and features compared to previous versions. It details Arasan's total IP solution for eMMC 5.0, including analog and digital IP offerings, hardware validation platforms, and support for various applications. Arasan is positioned as a leading provider in the space, with ongoing commitments to standards and a robust shipping portfolio for eMMC 5.0 technologies.

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eMMC 5.0
Total IP Solution
Zachi Friedman
Senior Director of Marketing
Arasan Chip Systems, Inc.
Apr. 2014

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Agenda
• eMMC 5.0 Market Adoption Update
• eMMC 5.0 Technical Overview
• Arasan’s Total IP Solution for eMMC 5.0
• Questions & Answers

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eMMC 5.0 Market Adoption
New Application
Processors:
• Qualcomm
Snapdragon 801
• Marvell 88NV1088
New Smart Phones:
• HTC One M8
• Samsung Galaxy S5
New Devices:
• Sandisk

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What is eMMC?
• eMMC is a fully managed flash
memory solution
• Bad Block Management
• Error Detection / Error Correction
• NAND Flash Wear Leveling
• Seamless transition from SLC
NAND to MLC NAND
• Compact FBGA footprint
• Streamlines development and
qualification
• Very mature and widely used –
most smartphones & tablets

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eMMC –Evolution of Performance & Features
eMMC 4.51 (2012) eMMC 5.0 (2013) Next eMMC 5.1 (2014-5)
Max Throughput
HS200
1.6 Gbps (200MB/s)
HS400
3.2Gbps (400MB/s)
HS400
3.2Gbps (400MB/s)
Pin Count 10 Pins 11 Pins 11 Pins
Data Strobe - √ √
Enhanced Strobe - - √
Command Queuing - - √
Data Bus Width 4 or 8 bit 8 bit 8 bit
Max Clock (MHz) 200 (SDR) 200 (DDR) 200 (DDR)

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Trends in Standards & Specs
Time
# of Standards
Decreasing Time
Between Standard Revs
Gpbs
Analog
Digital
Increasing
Performance

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Processor
Application
Device Driver
NAND
flash
eMMC 5.0 Host & Device Block Diagram
Processor
(ARM)
System
memory
HostInterface
(Master/Target)
eMMC
Host Register
HostDMA
(SDMA/ADMA2)
Clock / Power
Management
Block
Buffer eMMC Interface
Control
(CMD/DAT/RES)
eMMC
Bus
eMMC 5.0 Host eMMC 5.0 Device
Transmitter / Receiver
Bus State
Machine
AHB Slave
AHB Master
FIFO
Controller
eMMC
Register
Command
Decoder
Command
Validator
Response
Generator
eMMC Tuning
Control
(CMD/DAT)
eMMC 5.0 PHY
eMMC5.0I/OPads

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eMMC 5.0 Analog PHY - HS400
• Hard PHY
• 200MHz DDR
• 3.3V / 1.8V pad
Digital
Logic and
Control
In
Drive
Strength
Register
Out
VCDL
32 Phase Tapped Delay Line
• Includes DLLs
• For Tx, Rx, Rx STRB
• 28nm Process
Technology
Rx Tuning Mode
VCDL
32 Phase Tapped Delay Line
Tx Mode
VCDL
32 Phase Tapped Delay Line
Rx Strobe Mode
Phase
Detector
Charge
Pump
Input strobe
Tx
Clock
Rx Phase Select
Tx Phase Select

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Arasan Provides End-End Solutions
• Analog IP – Lowest power & silicon size
• GDS-II for customer specific process
technology
• Full on-chip testability
• Digital IP – Easy integration to SoC
• Delivered as RTL
• Verification IP and synthesis scripts
• Verification IP – Enables low risk design
• Verilog simulation environment with a
comprehensive test suite
• Full software stacks accelerates design
• Bus interface layer, low level driver, protocol
stack and API’s
• Hardware Validation Platform
• Full-speed emulation of host/device
• Early software development platform

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Mobile Storage Total IP Solution
Arasan
SWIP
Arasan
DeviceIP
Arasan
HostIP
OS / File System
Application SW
UFS SD/SDIO
SD/SDIO
Controller
UFS
Controller
UHS IIM-PHY
Software Stack
SD/SDIO
Controller
UFS
Controller
UHS IIM-PHY
ONFI
controller
NV-DDR2
& Pads
eMMC 5.0
Controller
eMMC
Standard Interfaces
Arasan
HardwareValidationPlatform
Arasan
VerificationIP
ONFI
controller
ONFI
eMMC 5.0
Controller
NV-DDR2
& Pads
eMMC 5.0
Pads & DLL
eMMC 5.0
Pads & DLL

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eMMC 5.0 Hardware Validation Platform
Transaction Layer
PHY
LINUX
Middleware
Protocol Stack
Low Level Device
Driver
PCI-Xpress Bus
Interface Layer
SoftwareStack
IPHardwareBitmap
A
P
I
A
P
I
Memory CPU
PCIe
Bus FPGA
X86 Motherboard
eMMC 5.0 Host
IP Board
eMMC 5.0
Device
• Functions as eMMC 5.0 Host
• Supports HS400 (400MB/s)
• Backward compatible to eMMC 4.51
• Used as a “Gold Model” - enables early
validation and SW development
Link Layer

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eMMC 5.0 HVP with On-Board Device

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Availability & Maturity
• Arasan is a contributing member in the JEDEC
committee defining eMMC standard
• Arasan is the leading IP provider for eMMC IP
• eMMC 5.0 Host and Device IP is shipping now
• eMMC 5.0 PHY (I/O Pads and DLLs) is shipping now in
TSMC 28nm (HPM and LP) and TSMC 40LP
• TSMC 16FF in June 2014
• TSMC 16FF+ in July 2014
• Partners and Associations