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SmartDV’s DDR6 Controller IP provides early access to next-generation, high-bandwidth memory control for AI, HPC, and data-center SoCs, architected in alignment with the JEDEC JC-42 Committee’s current DDR6 working draft. As DDR6 standardization progresses toward ratification, this controller targets the draft specification’s quad sub-channel architecture and data rates up to 17,600 MT/s, giving early adopters a verification-ready path to next-generation memory bandwidth ahead of final JEDEC publication.

Engineered to meet the extreme bandwidth demands of AI training and inference, HPC clusters, and hyperscale data center workloads, the controller is designed around DDR6’s proposed quad 24-bit sub-channel architecture (a 96-bit effective bus width per module), offering substantially higher concurrency and bandwidth than DDR5’s dual 32-bit sub-channel design. Configurable multi-port host interfaces with QoS-based arbitration and transaction reordering are designed to scale with the draft specification as it matures toward final ratification.

Built for design flexibility, the IP core is highly configurable for both ASIC and FPGA implementations, with a parameterized architecture intended to track JEDEC’s DDR6 draft as it evolves. Because DDR6 has not yet been ratified by JEDEC, this IP is offered as a draft-spec-aligned early-access core; features and timing parameters are subject to change as the standard finalizes.

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DDR6 Controller
Key Features
  • Draft-Spec DDR6 Command Support – Architected against the JEDEC JC-42 Committee’s current DDR6 working draft, targeting the proposed quad sub-channel command set ahead of final JESD79-6 ratification
  • Quad Sub-Channel Architecture – Designed around DDR6’s proposed 4×24-bit sub-channel architecture (96-bit effective bus width per module), offering higher concurrency than DDR5’s dual 32-bit sub-channel design
  • High-Bandwidth Multi-Port Interface – Configurable multi-port host interface with QoS-based arbitration and controllable outstanding transactions, designed to scale to DDR6’s target bandwidth
  • Wide Speed Grade Target – Designed to support the draft specification’s targeted data rates from 8,800 MT/s up to 17,600 MT/s
  • Early-Access Verification Path – Enables SoC teams to begin DDR6 memory subsystem architecture and verification work ahead of final JEDEC ratification, reducing time-to-tapeout once the standard is finalized
  • Power-Aware Design Target – Architected with per-sub-channel power-down and idle-channel management in mind, aligned to DDR6 draft power-efficiency goals
  • Built-In Self-Test – Integrated Memory Built-In Self-Test (MBIST) for full address range testing and identification of damaged memory locations
  • Flexible Clock and Configuration Control – Programmable page policy and configurable clock ratio modes, structured for straightforward updates as DDR6 timing parameters are finalized
Compliance and Compatibility
  • Architected in alignment with JEDEC’s current DDR6 (JC-42 Committee) working draft; DDR6 has not yet been ratified as a final JEDEC standard
  • Designed to track the DFI specification as DDR6 support is formalized in a future DFI release
  • Configurable SoC interface supporting AXI, AHB, APB, and custom wrappers for seamless integration
  • Targets the draft specification’s proposed quad 24-bit sub-channel device architecture
  • Compatible with ASIC and FPGA design flows across leading foundry process nodes
  • Compatible with all major EDA synthesis, simulation, and linting flows
  • Subject to update as JEDEC finalizes the DDR6 standard

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