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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:

High-performance SCSI core.

Integrated LVD transceivers.

Full 32-bit PCI DMA bus master.

Integrated SCRIPTS processor.

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

1.5.4 Ease of Use

The LSI53C895A provides:

Easy, drop-in replacement for the LSI53C895.

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

Reduced SCSI development effort.

Compiler-compatible with existing LSI53C7XX and LSI53C8XX
family SCRIPTS.

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

Development tools and sample SCSI SCRIPTS available.

Nine GPIO pins.

Maskable and pollable interrupts.

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

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.

Software for PC-based operating system support.

Support for relative jumps.

SCSI Selected as ID bits for responding with multiple IDs.