GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Enhanced SCSI-2 Controller (ESC) was designed to support Fast SCSI-2 transfer rates of up to 10 Mbytes/s in synchronous mode and up to 7 Mbytes/s in the asynchronous mode. The ESC is downward compatible with AMD’s proprietary features such as power-down mode for SCSI transceivers, programmable GLITCH EATER, and extended Target command set are also included for improved product performance. The ESC is designed to minimize host intervention by implementing common SCSI sequences in hardware. An on-chip state machine reduces protocol overheads by performing the required sequences in response to a single command from the host. Selection, reselection, information transfer and disconnection commands are directly supported. The 16-byte-internal FIFO further assists in minimizing host involvement. The FIFO provides a temporary storage for all command, data, status and message bytes as they are transferred between the 16-bit host data bus and the 8-bit SCSI data bus. During DMA operations the FIFO acts as a buffer to allow greater latency in the DMA channel.
Advanced Micro Devices
