3 integration, 4 ease of use, Integration – Avago Technologies LSI53C895A User Manual

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General Description

1.5.3 Integration

Features of the LSI53C895A which ease integration include:

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High-performance SCSI core.

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Integrated LVD transceivers.

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Full 32-bit PCI DMA bus master.

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Integrated SCRIPTS processor.

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Memory-to-Memory Move instructions allow use as a third-party PCI
bus DMA controller.

1.5.4 Ease of Use

The LSI53C895A provides:

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Easy, drop-in replacement for the LSI53C895.

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Up to one megabyte of add-in memory support for BIOS and
SCRIPTS storage.

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Reduced SCSI development effort.

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Compiler-compatible with existing LSI53C7XX and LSI53C8XX
family SCRIPTS.

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Direct connection to PCI and SCSI SE, LVD and HVD (needs
external transceivers).

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Development tools and sample SCSI SCRIPTS available.

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Nine GPIO pins.

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Maskable and pollable interrupts.

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Wide SCSI, A or P cable, and up to 15 devices supported.

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Three programmable SCSI timers: Select/Reselect,
Handshake-to-Handshake, and General Purpose. The time-out
period is programmable from 100

µ

s to greater than 25.6 seconds.

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Software for PC-based operating system support.

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Support for relative jumps.

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SCSI Selected as ID bits for responding with multiple IDs.

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