System Cache configured in CCIX XDMA mode enables cache coherency with memory distributed throughout the system all controlled by a PCIe host. In this use case the accelerators connect to System Cache using AXI4 and System Cache provides a local cache function coherent with the rest of the CCIX memory system, without any need for the accelerators to handle the coherency protocol.
In the CCIX configuration up to four accelerators/kernels can be used, connected to System Cache with ordinary AXI4 interfaces. The system can be configured to use Shared Virtual Memory, SVM, via the Address Translation Services, ATS. Coherent traffic is connected to PCIe using CXS interfaces, while the optional ATS support uses AXI4-Stream. A MicroBlaze processor subsystem handles all the configuration and maintenance to make System Cache operate as a full member of the CCIX network.
- PCIe Host with CCIX Home Agent
- XDMA IP core handling the PCIe connection for the CCIX communication protocol
- System Cache configured as a Request Agent using the CCIX protocol to keep the local cache coherent with the rest of the CCIX memory system, and the Address Translation Cache (ATC) to handle virtual address translation
- MicroBlaze processor based sub-system controlling System Cache to provide Designated Vendor-Specific Capability, DVSEC, to support the CCIX protocol
- Up to four accelerators connected via AXI4 to System Cache
System Cache can also be connected to the CPM in Versal Premium devices, which can extend the coherency domain to enable cache coherency with memory distributed throughout the system, all controlled by a CCIX enabled PCIe host. The CPM has the ability to connect to one System Cache core with CCIX enabled.
- The system can be configured to use Shared Virtual Memory, SVM, via the Address Translation Services, ATS.
- System Cache and CPM supports the ability to use Host propagated PASID, which enables each accelerator to use a unique ID when requesting address translation via ATS.
