Advantages

  • Eliminates the ongoing task of (re)defining interface protocols, then verifying, documenting, supporting them.

  • OCP readily adapts to support new core capabilities.

  • Testbench portability simplifies reverification.

  • Limits test suite modifications for core enhancements.

  • Any bus structure can be interfaced to the OCP.

  • Delivers industry standard flexibility and reuse.

  • Symmetrical signaling enables direct point-to-point communication between two cores (without on-chip bus).

The full Open Core Protocol specification is available at: www.ocpip.org

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