MIPI Debug Architecture

Plugfest Advances Adoption of MIPI I3C Designs

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The publicly available, royalty-free MIPI I3C Basic is a subset of I3C that bundles the most commonly needed I3C features for developers and other standards organizations.

Key Points: 
  • The publicly available, royalty-free MIPI I3C Basic is a subset of I3C that bundles the most commonly needed I3C features for developers and other standards organizations.
  • Public versions of MIPI I3C Basic and MIPI Debug for I3C are available to download and use by developers and the open-source community.
  • “The MIPI I3C and Debug for I3C Plugfest exemplified the power of collaboration to foster seamless integration and efficiency across a breadth of applications, reinforcing the immense potential of the I3C specification.”
    The next I3C and Debug for I3C plugfest is planned for 2024 in conjunction with the 67th member meeting in Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Cadence has a strong I3C IP offering, and our participation in the plugfest facilitates the broad adoption of the MIPI I3C standard.”
    “Interoperability testing is an important step in validating new product designs," said Matthew Schnoor, debug architect with Intel Corporation.

MIPI Alliance Announces Honorees in 10th Annual Membership Awards Ceremony

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

The MIPI Alliance , an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, today announced the recipients of the 2022 MIPI Alliance Membership Awards for their outstanding contributions and leadership.

Key Points: 
  • The MIPI Alliance , an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, today announced the recipients of the 2022 MIPI Alliance Membership Awards for their outstanding contributions and leadership.
  • MIPI’s 10th annual awards ceremony took place last week in conjunction with MIPI Member Meeting #62 in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230315005121/en/
    MIPI Alliance 10th Annual Membership Award Recipients (Photo: Business Wire)
    “It is primarily because of the intense commitment of our growing membership that MIPI Alliance is able to succeed in our mission to deliver the interface specifications necessary to create state-of-the-art, innovative mobile-connected devices,” said Sanjiv Desai, chair of the MIPI Alliance.
  • An awards and recognition committee appointed by the MIPI Board of Directors reviews and recommends nominees, and the board approves the final honorees.

Update to Royalty-Free MIPI I3C Basic Utility and Control Bus Specification Boosts Speed and Flexibility

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

The updated version of I3C Basic provides for extensible use of extra bus lanes to increase the interface speed to nearly 100 MHz, future-proofing the interface for rising speed requirements. The new version includes two High Data Rate (HDR) modes -- HDR Double Data Rate (HDR-DDR) and HDR Bulk Transport (HDR-BT) -- which are designed to transfer more data at the same bus frequency:

Key Points: 
  • The MIPI Alliance , an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, today announced the first update to its publicly available, royalty-free, MIPI I3C Basic specification.
  • Available for implementation without MIPI Alliance membership, I3C Basic is a subset of the full MIPI I3C specification that bundles the features most commonly needed by developers and other standards organizations.
  • The updated version of I3C Basic provides for extensible use of extra bus lanes to increase the interface speed to nearly 100 MHz, future-proofing the interface for rising speed requirements.
  • With these updates, we continue to strengthen the upgrade path from I2C and advance I3C as the universal utility and control bus.

SmartDV Leads Industry with Greatest Number of Design and Verification MIPI Protocol Standards Solutions for Mobile Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SmartDV Technologies , the leader in Design and Verification Intellectual Property (IP), today announced the greatest number of commercially available Design and Verification IP solutions to support the MIPI protocol standards for mobile and other critical applications.

Key Points: 
  • SAN JOSE, Calif., July 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SmartDV Technologies , the leader in Design and Verification Intellectual Property (IP), today announced the greatest number of commercially available Design and Verification IP solutions to support the MIPI protocol standards for mobile and other critical applications.
  • The SmartDV portfolio has approximately 50 MIPI IP solutions, including Design IP, Verification IP, hardware emulation and FPGA prototyping models and post silicon validation IP.
  • MIPI is the most important interface specification for mobile and mobile-influenced applications, comments Deepak Kumar Tala, managing director of SmartDV.
  • This highly automated IP development and verification flow allows SmartDV to be the first to market with its MIPI products.

IEEE Adopts MIPI A-PHY, First Industry-Standard, Long-Reach SerDes Physical Layer Interface for Automotive Applications

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Published as IEEE 2977-2021 , IEEE Standard for Adoption of MIPI Alliance Specification for A-PHY Interface (A-PHY) Version 1.0, A-PHY is the first asymmetric, industry-standard, long-reach, serializer-deserializer (SerDes) physical layer interface for automotive applications.

Key Points: 
  • Published as IEEE 2977-2021 , IEEE Standard for Adoption of MIPI Alliance Specification for A-PHY Interface (A-PHY) Version 1.0, A-PHY is the first asymmetric, industry-standard, long-reach, serializer-deserializer (SerDes) physical layer interface for automotive applications.
  • "With the approval of IEEE 2977, MIPI A-PHY becomes accessible to a broader network of system engineers beyond the MIPI membership.
  • MIPI A-PHY v1.0 or IEEE 2977-2021 is accessible to MIPI members via the MIPI website , or by visiting the IEEE SA website .
  • To keep up with MIPI Alliance, subscribe to the MIPI blog and stay connected by following MIPI on Twitter , LinkedIn and Facebook .

MIPI Alliance Recognizes Members at 8th Annual Awards Ceremony

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

The MIPI Alliance , an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, today announced the recipients of the 2020 MIPI Alliance Membership Awards.

Key Points: 
  • The MIPI Alliance , an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, today announced the recipients of the 2020 MIPI Alliance Membership Awards.
  • An awards and recognition committee reviews nominations from MIPI members and recommends the recipients for approval by the MIPI Alliance Board of Directors.
  • MIPI, CSI-2, MIPI I3C and MIPI UniPro are registered trademarks owned by MIPI Alliance.
  • MIPI A-PHYSM, MIPI D-PHYSM, MIPI I3C BasicSM and Debug for I3CSM are service marks of MIPI Alliance.

MIPI Alliance Releases Specifications to Streamline Integration of In-Vehicle Displays, Add Functional Safety to Display Data Streams

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

"The introduction of these display specifications has the power to create a thriving, expanding ecosystem that offers greater choice, promotes interoperability and accelerates innovation in automotive display systems.

Key Points: 
  • "The introduction of these display specifications has the power to create a thriving, expanding ecosystem that offers greater choice, promotes interoperability and accelerates innovation in automotive display systems.
  • A MIPI webinar on May 26 will focus on the use of compression in DSI-2 for all application areas.\nTo keep up with MIPI Alliance, subscribe to the MIPI blog and stay connected by following MIPI on Twitter , LinkedIn and Facebook .\nMIPI Alliance (MIPI) develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries.
  • For more information, please visit www.mipi.org .\nMIPI\xc2\xae is a registered trademark owned by MIPI Alliance.
  • MIPI A-PHYSM, MIPI DCSSM, MIPI DSESM and MIPI DSI-2 SM are service marks of MIPI Alliance.

Introspect Technology Adds Support for JESD403-1 SidebandBus Testing in its SV4E-I3C I3C Test and Debug Module

Retrieved on: 
Friday, April 2, 2021

SidebandBus was developed in coordination with the MIPI Alliance , of which Introspect Technology is a Contributor Member, and it provides a superset of the MIPI I3C Basic(SM) bus standard.

Key Points: 
  • SidebandBus was developed in coordination with the MIPI Alliance , of which Introspect Technology is a Contributor Member, and it provides a superset of the MIPI I3C Basic(SM) bus standard.
  • Most notably, SidebandBus introduces a hub functionality that increases the number of supported devices on the bus without sacrificing the full throughput of the bus.
  • The Introspect SV4E-I3C Test and Debug Module has been on the market for several years already, and it represents a mature test and measurement implementation for MIPI I3C(SM) specifications including I3C v1.0, I3C v.1.1, and I3C Basic v1.0.
  • This makes it ideal for regression testing, burn-in testing, or mass production testing of fully-populated DIMMs.

Open RF Association and MIPI Alliance Sign Cooperation Framework (Liaison) Agreement

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, March 11, 2021

The Open RF Association (OpenRF) and the MIPI Alliance today announced their execution of a Cooperation Framework (Liaison) Agreement which allows the two organizations to engage in joint collaborative projects relating to radio frequency (RF) front-end architecture, design, and technology.

Key Points: 
  • The Open RF Association (OpenRF) and the MIPI Alliance today announced their execution of a Cooperation Framework (Liaison) Agreement which allows the two organizations to engage in joint collaborative projects relating to radio frequency (RF) front-end architecture, design, and technology.
  • The agreement outlines the framework for OpenRF and the MIPI Alliance to engage in disclosure and feedback interactions of the MIPI RFFE specification and the OpenRF Register Map Templates.
  • This liaison agreement between MIPI Alliance and OpenRF facilitates collaboration that will benefit the entire industry, said Peter Lefkin, managing director of MIPI Alliance.
  • MIPI is a registered trademark owned by MIPI Alliance, and MIPI RFFESM is a service mark of MIPI Alliance.

Arasan Announces the Immediate Availability of its 2nd Generation MIPI D-PHY v1.1 IP for TSMC 22nm Process Technology

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, January 14, 2021

The MIPI D-PHY IP is seamlessly integrated with Arasan's own DSI Tx and DSI Rx IP Cores as part of its Total MIPI Display IP Solution for wearables and IoT.

Key Points: 
  • The MIPI D-PHY IP is seamlessly integrated with Arasan's own DSI Tx and DSI Rx IP Cores as part of its Total MIPI Display IP Solution for wearables and IoT.
  • Arasan's D-PHY IP is available on both TSMC's industry-leading 22nm ultra-low power (22ULP) and 22nm ultra-low leakage (22ULL) process technologies.
  • Arasan has been a contributing member to the MIPI Association 2005 with over a billion chips shipped with its MIPI IP.
  • The MIPI D-PHY IP is also available off the shelf on the TSMC 40nm, 28nm, 16nm and 12nm process technologies.