AMBA® AXI4 Interface Protocol

AMBA® AXI4 (Advanced eXtensible Interface 4) is the fourth generation of the AMBA interface specification from Arm®. AMD Vivado™ Design Suite and ISE Design Suite extends the AMD platform design methodology with the semiconductor industry's first AXI4 Compliant Plug-and-Play IP.

For customers relying on IP to meet their Time-to-Market requirements for UltraScale™, 7 Series, Zynq™ 7000, Virtex™ 6 and Spartan™ 6 based designs, the AXI4 Plug-and-Play IP offers a single standard interface to make IP integration easier. AMD offers a broad set of AXI4 based IP with a single open standard interface across the Embedded, DSP, and Logic domains.

Higher Productivity

• Consolidates broad array of interfaces into one (AXI4), so users only need to know one family of interfaces
• Makes integrating IP from different domains, as well as developing your own or 3rd party partner IP easier
• Saves design effort because AXI4 IP are already optimized for the highest performance, maximum throughput and lowest latency

Greater Flexibility

• Supports Embedded, DSP and Logic Edition users
• Tailor the interconnect to meet system goals: Performance, Area, and Power
• Enables you to build the most compelling products for your target markets

Broad IP Availability
AMD worked closely with ARM to define the AXI4 specification for high-performance FPGA-based systems and designs. As part of our commitment to AXI4, AMD has adopted AXI4 as our next-generation IP interconnect standard for UltraScale, 7 Series, Zynq 7000, Spartan 6, Virtex 6 and future device families going forward

• AXI4 based Targeted Design Platforms help customers accelerate their Embedded Processing, DSP and Connectivity design development
• The AXI Reference Guide guides users through the transition to AXI4

Ecosystem Enablement
3rd party IP and EDA vendors everywhere have embraced the open AXI4 standard, helping to make it a widely adopted interface

• Cadence Design Systems, Inc., CAST, Inc., Siemens EDA, Synopsys, Inc., and Xylon d.o.o. are among those offering support for IP and tools which support the AXI4 interface
• This ensures a strong ecosystem for building AXI4-based system designs, driving ultimate productivity and faster time to market